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Oxygen as moderator in the zinc-mediated reduction of aromatic nitro to azoxy compounds
Khan, Faiz Ahmed,Sudheer
experimental part, p. 3394 - 3396 (2009/09/05)
A simple and useful protocol for the reduction of nitro arenes to their corresponding azoxy derivatives by employing zinc and NH4Cl in a mixture of [bmim][BF4] and water is described. The selective reduction of nitro to azoxy is attributed to the hitherto unknown moderating effect of oxygen on zinc metal.