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Selective reduction of nitrobenzene to nitrosobenzene on oxidic catalysts

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Pure unpromoted Mn3O4 appears to be a very suitable catalyst for the selective reduction of nitrobenzene to nitrosobenzene; the oxygen vacancies required to split off oxygen atoms can be created both by the phenyl group of nitrobenzene itself and by an additional reducing agent like e.g. methane.

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  1. Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300, RA Leiden, The Netherlands

    Thomas L. F. Favre, Peter J. Seijsener, Patricia J. Kooyman, Annemarieke Maltha, Adrianus P. Zuur & Vladimir Ponec

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Favre, T.L.F., Seijsener, P.J., Kooyman, P.J. et al. Selective reduction of nitrobenzene to nitrosobenzene on oxidic catalysts. Catal Lett 1, 457–460 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766206

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