Catalytic carbonylation of nitrobenzyl- and nitroarylpyridines

The corresponding carbamates were obtained by carbonylation in the presence of selenourea of benzyl- and aryl-substituted pyridines that contain a nitro group in the benzene ring and as a result of carbonylation of 7-nitro-1-azafluorene. The reaction is accompanied by simultaneous reduction of the nitro group to an amino group. © 1983 Plenum Publishing Corporation.