A novel approach towards chemoselective reduction of nitro to amine

Chemo selective reduction of a wide range of aromatic nitro compound has been performed by using inexpensive Zn powder and CuSO4 system in water medium at room temperature. This system has high tolerance to other highly reducible groups present in nitro substance along with high conversation and selectivity. This chemo-selective reduction also provides a facile root for the synthesis of other industrially important fine chemicals or biologically important compounds where other highly reducible groups are present in close proximity to the targeted nitro groups.