Citation: Shi Feng PAN, Ping Da REN, Ting Wei DONG. KBH₄/BiCl₃--A new and facile reduction system for the Conversion of Aromatic Nitro Compounds to Primary Amines[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;1996, 7(11): 981-983. shu

KBH₄/BiCl₃--A new and facile reduction system for the Conversion of Aromatic Nitro Compounds to Primary Amines

Department of Chemistry Fudan University Shanghai 200433

Received Date: 12 June 1996

Various aromatic nitro compounds could be selectively and rapidly reduced to the corresponding amines in excellent yields by potassium borohydride-bismuth chloride/ethanol-water,a new and facile reductive system.
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