Raney Nickel

General Information:

CAS Number: 7440-02-3

Appearance: Grey powder

Common Uses:

Catalyst for the reduction of nitro groups to amines

Procedure excerpt:

To a shaker flask was added the SM (crude, 32.4 g, 138 mmol), EtOH (100 mL), and Raney Ni (1.00 g, 17.04 mmol). The flask was charged with H2 (275 kPa) and . . .

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Catalyst for the reduction of nitrile groups to amines

Procedure excerpt:

To a solution of the SM (6.0 g, 22.0 mmol) in MeOH (60 mL) was added Raney Ni (6.0 g). The reaction was stirred under H2 at 70 psi for 16 h, after which time . . .

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Safety:

Raney nickel is a pyrophoric material and needs to be handled under an inert atmosphere.

References:

1) Patent Reference: WO2013134298, page 42, (4.1 MB)

2) Patent Reference: WO2014149164, page 214, (23.7 MB)

3) Wikipedia: Raney nickel (link)

4) www.sigmaaldrich.com: Raney-Nickel (link)