Amine synthesis via iron-catalysed reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alkyl halides

Direct synthesis of aryl amines from nitroarenes avoids the waste and potential functional group incompatibility of first reducing to anilines. Here, the authors report an iron catalysed reductive coupling of nitroarenes with alkyl halides to form a wide range of (hetero)aromatic amines.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chi Wai Cheung, Xile Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12494