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* Supporting Information
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Spectral data of the amine products, catalytic reduction of
nitroarenes to corresponding p-nitroaniline, catalytic reduction
of nitro substrates to corresponding amines, characterization of
nanoparticle catalysts including TEM and SEM images, EDX
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products obtained from the catalytic reduction of nitro
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Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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The authors thank IIT Indore for financial support and
extended laboratory facilities. R.K.R. thanks CSIR New Delhi
for a JRF grant. Sincere thanks to Dr. S. Samanta, IIT Indore,
for providing the 3-nitrocarbazole substrate.
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