W. Baik et al., SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF AROMATIC NITRO-COMPOUNDS TO AROMATIC-AMINES BYBAKERS-YEAST IN BASIC SOLUTION, Tetrahedron letters, 35(23), 1994, pp. 3965-3966
Aromatic nitro compounds containing o-, m- or p-electron withdrawing g
roups, such as carbonyl, halogen and nitro, were selectively and rapid
ly reduced to their corresponding amino derivatives in good yields usi
ng Bakers' Yeast in basic solution.