The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Nitroarylamines via the vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen: amination, alkylamination, and arylamination of nitroarenes with sulfenamides

M Ma̧kosza, M Bialecki

Index: Makosza, Mieczyslaw; Wojciechowski, Krzysztof Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 32, # 3-6 p. 175 - 179

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Abstract

A new reaction of sulfenamides with electrophilic arenes under basic conditions is described. The σ adducts formed from nitroarenes and the anions of sulfenamides undergo elimination of thiol to produce the corresponding o-and/or p-nitroanilines. This reaction is