Iron Pyrite Nanocrystals: A Potential Catalyst for Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes

Menuka Adhikari; Anuradha Singh; Elena Echeverria; David N McIlroy; Yolanda Vasquez

doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c01637

Iron Pyrite Nanocrystals: A Potential Catalyst for Selective Transfer Hydrogenation of Functionalized Nitroarenes

ACS Omega. 2020 Jun 4;5(23):14104-14110. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c01637. eCollection 2020 Jun 16.

Authors

Menuka Adhikari¹, Anuradha Singh², Elena Echeverria³, David N McIlroy³, Yolanda Vasquez¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, 107 Physical Sciences I, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, United States.
² Weaver Labs, 1414 S. Sangre Rd., #204 Stillwater, Oklahoma 74074, United States.
³ Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma 74078, United States.

Abstract

We report a solution-based synthetic method to produce shape-tunable iron pyrite (FeS₂) nanocrystals using iron oxy-hydroxide (β-FeOOH) as a precursor and their application for selective reduction of functionalized nitroarenes to aniline derivatives with formic acid-triethylamine (HCOOH-Et₃N) as a hydrogen donor system.