1998 Volume 46 Issue 10 Pages 1656-1657
A new convenient method of deoxygenation of heteroaromatic N-oxides is described. Ruthenium prophyrin was used as a catalyst and this method expressed high yields for o-substituted pyridine N-oxides, quinoline N-oxide derivatives, acridine N-oxide, etc. under mild conditions. Moreover, nitro-, benzyloxy-, and ketone carbonyl groups, which can be affected by the usual deoxygenation methods such as catalytic hydrogenation or borane reduction, were retained.