Scope of aryl nitro reduction reactions with the AgNPs/textile catalyst^a.

Entry	Substrate	Product	Time	Yieldb
1			3 hours	73.4%
2			7 hours	54%
3c			7 hours	81%
4			4 hours	70%
5			10 hours	91.2%
6			3 hours	55.6%
7			12 hours	33.5%
8			12 hours	58.3%
9			7 hours	72.5%

^aReaction conditions: 0.2 mmol substrate, 1 mmol NaBH₄ and 2 cm² TsNS catalyst were mixed in THF/H₂O (1 mL/1 mL) in a 20 mL glass vial at room temperature.

^bIsolated yield.

^cReaction carried out at 100 °C.