Aromatic amines play a central role in many areas of modern day organic chemistry, including such diverse areas as polymers, 1a photography, 1b and medicine. 1c Although a large number of synthetic methods for the preparation of aniline derivatives have been reported, 2 general techniques which are applicable for the preparation of a wide variety of structurally different anilines are still of great interest. Over a decade ago, Migita and co- ...