NNO Pincer-Supported Pd(II)-Catalyzed Reductive N-Alkylation of Challenging Nitroarenes with Alcohols via Borrowing Hydrogen Strategy.

A sustainable catalytic synthesis of selective monoalkylated amines from nitroarenes and alcohols by new palladium(II)-NNO pincer-type complexes has been described. Herein, a series of Pd(II) complexes [Pd(NNO)PPh] (-) are synthesized and characterized by analytical and spectroscopic (IR, NMR, and HR-MS) methods. The solid-state molecular structures of two complexes are established by X-ray single-crystal diffraction.