Reduction of arenediazonium salts by tetrakis(dimethylamino)ethylene (TDAE): Efficient formation of products derived from aryl radicals

• Mohan Mahesh,
• John A. Murphy,
• Franck LeStrat and
• Hans Peter Wessel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 1, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.1

• (bromomethyl)arenes [48], mono and trichloromethyl azaheterocycles [49][50], 2-(dibromomethyl)quinoxaline [51], α-bromoketones [52] have been reported. Vanelle and co-workers recently reported a photoinduced reduction of p-nitrobenzaldehyde in the presence of TDAE [53]. The utility of TDAE as a strong electron