Preparation of fluoronitronaphthalenes via a modified Schiemann reaction
Abstract
1-Fluoro-2-nitro-, and 2-fluoro-1-nitro-naphthalene were prepared in 10–15% yields by the diazotisation of the corresponding nitroamine fluoborate salts in tetrahydrofuran, followed by decomposition of the diazonium fluoborate salts. This is the first reported synthesis of 1-fluoro-2-nitronaphthalene.