Further Information
Literature
Related Reactions
Azo Coupling
Diazotisation
Sandmeyer Reaction
Balz-Schiemann Reaction
The conversion of aryl amines to aryl fluorides via diazotisation and subsequent thermal decomposition of the derived tetrafluoroborates or hexafluorophosphates. The decomposition may also be induced photochemically.
Mechanism
- see Diazotisation.
The mechanism of the Balz-Schiemann reaction remains obscure. A possible pathway is shown below:
Recent Literature
Fluorodediazonization in ionic liquid solvents: new life for the
Balz-Schiemann reaction
K. K. Laali, V. J. Gettwert, J. Fluorine Chem., 2001, 107, 31-34.
