Abstract

CeO2 nanorod based catalysts for the base-free synthesis of azoxy-aromatics via transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes with ethanol as hydrogen donor have been synthesized and investigated. The oxygen vacancies (Ov ) and base sites are critical for their excellent catalytic properties. The Ov , i.e., undercoordinated Ce cations, serve as the sites to activate ethanol and nitroarenes by lowering the energy barrier to transfer hydrogen from α-Csp3 -H in ethanol to the nitro group coupling it to the redox reactions between Ce3+ and Ce4+ . At the same time, the base sites catalyze the condensation step to selectively produce azoxy-aromatics. The catalytic route opens a much improved way to use non-noble metal oxides without additives for the selective functional group reduction and coupling reactions.

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