Preparation of diarylamines by the addition of 4-(N, N-dimethylamino) phenyllithium to nitroarenes

T Yang, BP Cho

Index: Yang, Tianle; Cho, Bongsup P. Tetrahedron Letters, 2003 , vol. 44, # 40 p. 7549 - 7552

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Abstract

The addition of 4-(N,N-dimethylamino)phenyllithium to nitroarenes in THF (−78°C) affords the corresponding diarylamines in one-pot and the reaction appears to be general in scope. A 'nitroso'-based mechanism is proposed for this novel nitroreductive N-arylation reaction. ... We