Give examples of some reactions whose mechanism is unknown or the mechanism changes every time ?

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Hampton C.
Mar 1, 2018

Reduction of nitro groups

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On my project, I have a step where a nitro group is reduced to an amide group in an acid catalyzed reduction. I found a lot of trouble finding a mechanism and there are a lot of mechanisms proposed but no one really knows what's going on.

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