STUDIES IN AZIDE CHEMISTRY. PART 14 . THERMOLYSIS OF PERFLUORO-4-AZIDOPYRIDINE AND PERFLUORO-4-AZIDOTOLUENE IN THE PRESENCE OF PENTA- AND HEXA-METHYLBENZENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)82404-5

Thermolysis of perfluoro-4-azidopyridine and perfluoro-4-azidotoluene in the presence of a large excess (10 molar) of pentamethylbenzene gave mainly (>60percent) products expected from nitrene 'insertions' at the nuclear C-H bond, i.e.Ar_FNHC6Me5 (Ar_F = 4-C5F4N, 4-C6F4CF3).Similar decomposition of perfluoro-4-azidotoluene in hexamethylbenzene gave a complex mixture containing perfluoro-p-toluidine.