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Chu Yang1, Feng Zhang2, Guo-Jun Deng1
1The Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, The Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry , Xiangtan University , Xiangtan 411105 China.
Abstract:
A base-promoted amination of aromatic halides has been developed using a limited amount of dimethylformamide (DMF) or amine as an amino source. Various aryl halides, including F, Cl, Br, and I, have been successfully aminated in good to excellent yields. Although the amination of aromatic halides with amines or DMF is usually considered as an aromatic nucleophilic substitution (SNAr) process, and the reactivity of an aromatic halide is F > Cl > Br > I, the reactivity of aromatic halides in this system was found to be I > Br ≈ F > Cl. This protocol also showed a good regioselectivity for multihalogenated aromatics. This protocol is valuable for industrial application due to the simplicity of operation, the unrestricted availability of amino sources and aromatic halides, transition metal-free conditions, no requirement for solvent, and scalability.
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