A Facile Reduction of Nitroarenes to Anilines Using FeCl3 · 6H2O/Indium

Abstract Reduction of a variety of nitroaromatic compounds to the corresponding anilines occurs chemoselectively in high yields upon treatment with a new reduction system consisting of FeCl3 · 6H2O/indium in aqueous methanol.

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