Tetrahedron Letters

Addition of aryl cuprates to azides: a novel approach for the synthesis of unsymmetrical diaryl amines

JS Yadav, BVS Reddy, P Borkar, PJ Reddy

Index: Yadav; Reddy, B.V. Subba; Borkar, Prashant; Reddy, P. Janardhan Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 48 p. 6642 - 6645

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Abstract

Aryl and benzyl azides react smoothly with aryl cuprates, generated in situ from aryl magnesium bromide and CuCN in THF to furnish a variety of unsymmetrical diaryl amines in good yields. This is the first report on the synthesis of diarylamines from aryl azides and aryl bromides via an organometallic approach.