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Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Nov 21;(22):2638-9. doi: 10.1039/b207168a.

Cathodically activated nucleophilic aromatic substitution of hydrogen: a novel electrochemical mechanism.

Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

Iluminada Gallardo, Gonzalo Guirado, Jordi Marquet

Affiliations

  1. Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra Barcelona, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 12510275 DOI: 10.1039/b207168a

Abstract

Cathodically activated nucleophilic aromatic substitution of hydrogen (SNArH) is reported for the first time; the 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene radical anion reacts with the nucleophile N-methylformamide leading to high yields of the sigma H-complex radical anion; this intermediate can be easily oxidised electrochemically by means of a three-electron mechanism giving rise to the nucleophilic aromatic substitution product (NASH product) in good yield.

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