The invention relates to the field of effective and economical conversion of nitro or
nitroso compounds in to corresponding amines. More it discloses a reduction processes of nitro or
nitroso compounds to corresponding amino compounds, which exhibit differential
solubility, exemplified & not restricted to the processes discussed for m-aminoacetophenone, the intermediate of
Phenylephrine, ethyl3- [[4-(methylamino)-3-aminobenzoyl](pyridin2yl)amino]propanoate the intermediate of
Dabigatran, and 2,4-Difluoroaniline the intermediate of
Pantoprazole. Even more particularly, the invention relates to a process involving use of minimal quantity of water or quantity of water required only as the source of
hydrogen for generation of sufficient
reduction potential to perform the
chemical reaction. The process offers a.
safer, cost competitive and greener alternative to the conventional process of reduction. A key benefit of the invention is that it avoids
side product / s & / or
impurity / s resulting from usage of large quantity of water especially when other sensitive / reactive groups are present in the molecule.