358. Schiemann Reaction

(Balz-Schiemann Reaction)

G. Balz, G. Schiemann, Ber. 60, 1186 (1927).

Formation of diazonium fluoroborates by diazotization of aromatic amines in the presence of fluoroborates, followed by their thermal decomposition to aryl fluorides:

Chemical reaction

References

Reviews: A. Roe, Org. React. 5, 193 (1949); H. Suschitzky, Adv. Fluorine Chem. 4, 1 (1965); T. K. Al'sing, E. G. Sochilin, Zh. Org. Khim. 7, 530 (1971); R. Bartsch et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 98, 6753 (1976); H. G. O. Becker, G. Israel, J. Prakt. Chem. 321, 579 (1979).