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. 2022 May 31;7(23):19853–19871. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c01616

Table 8. Comparison of Different Ferrites as Catalysts for the Reduction of Nitrobenzenea to Aniline.

s. no. catalyst reaction time yield (%)b
1 NCFP 10 95
2 NCFU 10 50
3 NCFG 10 30
a

Reaction conditions: nitrobenzene (1 mmol), NaBH4 (8 mmol), nanocatalysts (12 mg, 0.05 mmol), MeOH (5 mL) at RT.

b

Isolated yield: refers to yield after column chromatography (eluent: EtoAc/hexane 3:10).