A New Class of Heterogeneous Platinum Catalysts for the Chemoselective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes

A new series of nanostructured platinum catalysts able to catalyze the selective reduction of nitroarenes has been developed. The materials, made of organosilica physically doped with nanostructured platinum(0), are stable and efficient. Reactions in general proceed with high yield and often go to completion, while the catalysts can be reused in further reaction runs. This establishes a new class of relevant solid catalysts for synthetic organic chemistry named SiliaCat Platinum-Hydrogel.