Efficient and Selective Room‐Temperature Gold‐Catalyzed Reduction of Nitro Compounds with CO and H₂O as the Hydrogen Source

Abstract

Taking hydrogen from water: Gold catalysis enabled the selective reduction of nitro compounds under very mild conditions with a combination of H2O and CO as the reductant (see scheme). This environmentally friendly reaction proceeded in high yield and with high chemoselectivity in the presence of a wide range of functional groups.