Fluorination of aromatic compounds with N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide under solvent-free conditions

RV Andreev, GI Borodkin, VG Shubin

Index: Andreev; Borodkin; Shubin Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 45, # 10 p. 1468 - 1473

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Abstract

Abstract Reactions of N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide with methylbenzenes, phenols, and phenol ethers were studied under solvent-free conditions. The rate constant ratio for the reactions with mesitylene and durene indicates polar mechanism of the process. Solvent- free fluorination of aromatic compounds with N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide in some cases is more selective than reactions with other NF reagents in a solvent.