Visible-light triggered selective reduction of nitroarenes to azo compounds catalysed by Ag@organic molecular cages

Gong-Jun Chen, Wen-Ling Xin, Jing-Si Wang, Jun‐Yan Cheng, Yu‐Bin Dong

Chemical Communications · 2019 · 59 citations · 17 references

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Abstract

Herein, a new Ag nanoparticle (Ag NP) loaded organic molecular cage is reported. The obtained Ag@1 can act as a highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the selective reduction of nitroarenes to azo compounds under visible-light irradiation.

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