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Bulk iron pyrite as a catalyst for the selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes
James R Morse1, Juan F Callejas, Albert J Darling
1Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. res20@psu.edu.
Abstract:
Bulk iron pyrite (FeS2) functions as an inexpensive, Earth-abundant, off-the-shelf catalyst capable of selectively hydrogenating a broad scope of substituted nitroarenes to their corresponding aniline derivatives using molecular hydrogen.