Erratum

“Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitro Arenes, Aldehydes, and Ketones with Propan-2-ol and KOH/NaOH over Mixed Metal Oxides,” by S. U. Sonavane and R. V. Jayaram, Synthetic Communications ®, 33 (5), 843–849 (2003).

Due to an error in our article, we are printing the following clarification:

On p. 846, in Table 2, for substrate 4-Nitrotoluene the % Yield is mistakenly printed as 00.0, rather than 88.8. The corrected Table 2 is as follows:

Table 2. Transfer hydrogenation of nitroarenes and carbonyl compounds with propan-2-ol on ZrO₂-NiO

No.	Substrate	Product	% Yield
1	Nitrobenzene	Aniline	100.0
2	4-Chloronitrobenzene	4-Chloroaniline	96.5
3	3-Dinitrobenzene	3-Nitroaniline	75.1
4	2,4-Dinitrochlorobenzene	4-Chloro-3-nitroaniline	80.9
5	2-Nitrotoluene	2-Toludiene	81.0
6	4-Nitrotoluene	4-Toludiene	88.8
7	4-Nitrobenzoic acid	4-Aminobenzoic acid	00.0
8	4-Nitrophenol	4-Aminophenol	00.0
9	4-Nitroanisole	4-Anisidine	85.0
10	3-Nitroaniline	1,3-Diaminobenzene	75.0
11	Benzaldehyde	Benzyl alcohol	97.0
12	Acetophenone	1-Phenethyl alcohol	99.2
13	Cyclohexanone	Cyclohexanol	95.1
14	Benzophenone	Benzhydrol	93.0

Reaction conditions: Substrate (20 mmol), KOHINaOH pellets (20 mmol), catalyst 2.5% w/w in propan-2-ol (20 mL), refluxed for 3–5 h (83°C).