REDUCTION BY A MODEL OF NAD(P)H. 42. DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR ONE ELECTRON TRANSFER MECHANISM IN THE REDUCTION OF ARENEDIAZONIUM SALTS.

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)86261-9

Arenediazonium salts are reduced by an NAD(P)H- model in methanol at room temperature to afford the corresponding reduction product, ArH.The reaction proceeds partially with a radical-chain mechanism involving initial one electron transfer from the NAD(P)H-model to the diazonium salt.