Reduction of nitro compounds and related substrates

TY - CHAP

T1 - Reduction of nitro compounds and related substrates

AU - Hammerich, Ole

PY - 2015/1/1

Y1 - 2015/1/1

N2 - The electrochemical reduction of nitro compounds played an important role in the development of organic electrochemistry in the early period around 1900 [1]. For example, it was studies of the stepwise reduction of nitrobenzene that originally led Haber [2] to realize the importance of the potential of the working electrode in electrochemistry and to establish the redox relationship between nitrobenzene, nitrosobenzene, phenylhydroxylamine, aniline, p-hydroxyaniline, azoxybenzene, azobenzene, hydrazobenzene, and benzidine [2,3]. The essential parts are reproduced in Scheme 30.1.

AB - The electrochemical reduction of nitro compounds played an important role in the development of organic electrochemistry in the early period around 1900 [1]. For example, it was studies of the stepwise reduction of nitrobenzene that originally led Haber [2] to realize the importance of the potential of the working electrode in electrochemistry and to establish the redox relationship between nitrobenzene, nitrosobenzene, phenylhydroxylamine, aniline, p-hydroxyaniline, azoxybenzene, azobenzene, hydrazobenzene, and benzidine [2,3]. The essential parts are reproduced in Scheme 30.1.

U2 - 10.1201/b19122-36

DO - 10.1201/b19122-36

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978-1-4200-8401-6

SP - 1149

EP - 1200

BT - Organic electrochemistry

A2 - Hammerich, Ole

A2 - Speiser, Bernd

PB - CRC Press

ER -