Reduction of Nitroarenes to Aromatic Amines with Sodium Borohydride in the Presence of Selenium and Actived Carbon

Ke Ying Cai (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou Institute of Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221111)
Ying Mei Zhou (School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xuzhou Institute of Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221111)

Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis
2015: BCREC Volume 10 Issue 3 Year 2015 (December 2015)

A selenium and actived carbon (AC) catalyst has been applied for the selective reduction of nitroarenes to their corresponding amines respectively using sodium borohydride (NaBH4) as a reducing source un-der mild conditions. Under the optimized conditions, efficient and selective reduction of nitroarenes into the corresponding aromatic amines occurred over a recyclable selenium catalyst. The catalyst can be easily recovered after catalytic reaction and readily reused for 4 cycles with consistent activity hence reduces the cost of the catalyst. Copyright © 2015 by Authors, Published by BCREC Group. This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).