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 solid acid catalysts for the reduction of nitroarenes, carbonyls and azo dyes under transfer hydrogenation conditions.