Thermal rearrangement of N-benzylanilinium hexafluoroantimonates

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01546-4

We prepared p-substituted N-benzylanilinium hexafluoroantimonates, known cationic initiators, and examined their thermal reaction. The thermal reaction produced 2- or 4-benzylanilinium salts as the major products, which resulted from the rearrangement of the benzyl group. The reaction proceeded at lower temperature with higher yield when the substituent in the benzyl group was electron donating.