Table 7. Substrate Scope for the Reduction of Nitroarenesa to the Corresponding Aminoarenes Using NaBH4 Catalysed by the NCFP Nanocatalyst.
Reaction conditions: nitrobenzene (1 mmol), nanocatalyst (12 mg, 0.05 mmol), NaBH4 (8 mmol) in (MeOH 5 ml) at RT.
Isolated yield: refers to yield after column chromatography (eluent; EtOAc/hexane 3:10).