Studies on the Iron Nanoparticles Catalyzed Reduction of Substituted Aromatic Ketones to Alcohols

Figure 4

Time dependent UV-Vis spectra of reduction of aromatic ketones with NaBH₄ (a) 1-(4-isobutylphenyl)ethanone, (b) 1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethanone, (c) acetophenone, (d) 1-p-tolylethanone, (e) 1-(4-nitrophenyl)ethanone, and (f) 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone in the presence in the presence of Fe-PEG nps.

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