Palladium-iron bimetallic-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alcohols and nitroarenes using a hydrogen-transfer redox system

Abstract

Abstract A Pd/Fe bimetallic catalyst in the presence of the Xantphos ligand promoted the cross-coupling reaction of alcohols and nitroarenes via a hydrogen-transfer redox system. The consecutive formation of aldimines from benzyl alcohols and nitroarenes proceeded in three steps in a single manipulation: oxidation of alcohols, reduction of nitroarenes, and dehydrative condensation of aldehydes and aminoarenes.