W. Baik et al., SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF AROMATIC NITROSO-COMPOUNDS WITH BAKERS-YEAST UNDER NEUTRAL CONDITION, Tetrahedron letters, 36(16), 1995, pp. 2793-2794
Aromatic nitroso compounds containing halogen and other labile substit
uents were selectively and rapidly reduced to their corresponding amin
o derivatives in good yields using Bakers' Yeast at 80 degrees C.