Gomberg-Bachmann Reaction

M. Gomberg, W. E. Bachmann, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 46, 2339 (1924).

Alkali dependent formation of diaryl compounds from aryl diazonium salts and aromatic compounds.



W. E. Bachmann, R. A. Hoffman, Org. React. 2, 224 (1944); O. C. Dermer, M. T. Edmison, Chem. Rev. 57, 77 (1957); D. H. Hey, Advan. Free-Radical Chem. 2, 47 (1966); D. E. Rosenberg, et al., Tetrahedron Letters 21, 4141 (1980); J. R. Beadle et al., J. Org. Chem. 49, 1594 (1984); T. C. McKenzie, S. M. Rolfes, J. Heterocyclic Chem. 24, 859 (1987); M. Gurczynski, P. Tomasik, Org. Prep. Proced. Int. 23, 438 (1991). For intramolecular version, see Pschorr Reaction.