Selective Hydrogenation of Aromatic Aminoketones by Pd/C Catalysis

Author: Du Rui   Zhu Changjin   Zhang Peilong   Fan Ruizhen  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0039-7911

Source: Synthetic Communications, Vol.38, Iss.17, 2008-01, pp. : 2889-2897

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Abstract

We report an alternative hydrogenation of aromatic aminoketones by heterogeneous catalyst of palladium on carbon (Pd/C) in which nitro, in particular carbonyl groups in the ketones, could be selectively transformed to corresponding amino ketone, secondary alcohol, or methylene compound.