Chemo- and regioselective reduction of nitroarenes, carbonyls and azo dyes over nickel-incorporated hexagonal mesoporous aluminophosphate molecular sieves

Nickel-incorporated hexagonal mesoporous aluminophosphate (NiHMA) molecular sieves were found to be highly efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the chemo- and regioselective reduction of nitroarenes and carbonyl compounds as well as the reductive cleavage of azo functions, including bulkier substrates, by the hydrogen transfer method.