The Bamberger reaction in hydrogen fluoride: the use of mild reductive metals for the preparation of fluoroaromatic amines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-1139(95)03257-E

The reduction of nitroaromatic compounds by various metals (tin, lead, bismuth) in liquid hydrogen fluoride under an inert atmosphere leads to fluoroaromatic amines, in accord with the Bamberger reaction.Generally, a co-solvent such as pentane or methylene chloride is used.Some non-fluorinated arylamines are also formed by a competitive direct reduction of the N-arylhydroxylamine intermediate.Of the mild reductive metals studied, bismuth was the most selective. - Keywords: Bamberger reaction; Hydrogen fluoride; Mild reductive metals; Fluoroaromatic amines; NMR spectroscopy