Reduction of nitrobenzene to phenylhydroxylamine with anthraquinone-2-sulfonic sodium as an electron mediator
Phenylhydroxylamine (PHA) is a key intermediate for the synthesis of drugs and fine chemicals. However, it is challenging to synthesize PHA with a high selectivity because of the highly unstable nature of the PHA. In this study, we used anthraquinone-2-sulfonic sodium as an electron mediator with the "off-field electrocatalysis" strategy for the reduction of nitrobenzene (NB) and achieved a selectivity as high as 97% at a conversion over 99% of NB to phenylhydroxylamine (PHA).
Authors
- Ben Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7626-7623)
- Shengqi Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5680-0942)
- Xiaolei Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3147-9598)
- Shihua Ye
- Can Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9301-7850)
- Chuchu Cheng
- Qing‐Nan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0344-6174)
Institutions
- Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Chemical Communications
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02053k
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.87