E. Bolzacchini et al., EFFECT OF A PROXIMAL SUBSTITUENT ON THE TRIRUTHENIUM DODECACARBONYL-CATALYZED REDUCTIVE CARBONYLATION OF NITROARENES, Journal of molecular catalysis. A, Chemical, 110(3), 1996, pp. 227-233
Three nitroarenes were submitted to Ru-3(CO)(12)-catalyzed reductive c
arbonylation in acetonitrile and in cis-cyclooctene. The main reaction
products were the corresponding amines, ureas and six- or five-member
ed cyclization products. Optimization of the reaction varying the temp
erature, the CO pressure, the catalyst/substrate ratio and the reactio
n time and a statistical analysis of conversion and selectivity data a
llow to suggest a reaction mechanism in some reaction conditions.