The Catalytic Reduction of Nitro Compounds Using Platinum Oxide-Platinum Black as a Catalyst
Author: Frederic B. Dutton
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Published: 1932
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe work described in this paper is a continuation of that started in this laboratory last year by James W. Ferguson (1). While the use of platinum oxide is only recent (since 1922 (2)) hydrogenation of a large number of nitro compounds using platinum black catalyst has been studied. It has been pointed out in Ferguson0́9s thesis (1) that a study of the hydrogenation of a compound containing both an aliphatic and an aromatic nitro group would be particularly informative. It was found necessary to synthesize such a compound as none available were suitable for the purpose. In this paper the reductions of nitromethane and of the compound made by Ferguson are described.