Synfacts 2011(5): 0566-0566  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1259818
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Hydrogenation of Nitro Groups and Reductive Amidation with Platinum Nanowires

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Noboru Kobayashi
M. Li, L. Hu, X. Cao, H. Hong, J. Lu*, H. Gu*
Soochow University, Suzhou, P. R. of China
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Publication History

Publication Date:
15 April 2011 (online)

Significance

Platinum nanowires (Pt NWs) catalyzed the hydrogenation of nitro compounds 1 in methanol under H2 to give the corresponding amines 2 in up to 99% yield (eq. 1, 15 examples). Reductive amidation of 1 and various carboxylic acids 3 also took place in the presence of Pt NWs to give the corresponding amides 4 in up to 99% yield (eq. 2, 23 examples).