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Green and convenient protocols for the efficient reduction of nitriles and nitro compounds to corresponding amines with NaBH4 in water catalyzed by magnetically retrievable CuFe2O4 nanoparticles

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In this study, firstly, CuFe2O4 nanoparticles were prepared by a simple operation. The structure of the mentioned nanoparticles was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry, vibrating sample magnetometer and also Brunauer–Emmett–Teller and Barrett–Joyner–Halenda analyses. The prepared magnetically copper ferrite nanocomposite was successfully applied as a simple, cost-effective, practicable, and recoverable catalyst on the green, highly efficient, fast, base-free, and ligand-free reduction of nitriles and also on the affordable and eco-friendly reduction of nitro compounds with the broad substrate scope to the corresponding amines with NaBH4 in water at reflux in high to excellent yields.

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Zeynizadeh, B., Mohammad Aminzadeh, F. & Mousavi, H. Green and convenient protocols for the efficient reduction of nitriles and nitro compounds to corresponding amines with NaBH4 in water catalyzed by magnetically retrievable CuFe2O4 nanoparticles. Res Chem Intermed 45, 3329–3357 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-019-03794-4

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