A bifunctional palladium/acid solid catalyst performs the direct synthesis of cyclohexylanilines and dicyclohexylamines from nitrobenzenes†
Paula Rubio-Marqués,Antonio Leyva-Pérez,Avelino Corma
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 07/18/2013 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C3CC44064H
Abstract
Nitroderivatives are transformed to cyclohexylanilines at room temperature in good yields and selectivity via a hydrogenation-amine coupling cascade reaction using Pd nanoparticles on carbon as a catalyst and a Brönsted acid.
