Oxidative nucleophilic aromatic amination of nitrobenzenes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jun 7;52(45):7237-40. doi: 10.1039/c6cc02235a. Epub 2016 May 6.

Abstract

Nitrobenzenes substituted with electron-acceptor groups such as halogen, nitro, trifluoromethyl, pentafluorosulfanyl, or cyano underwent oxidative nucleophilic substitution with lithium salts of arylamines to afford N-aryl-2-nitroanilines.