Thermolysis of 1-(N-acetyl-N-aryl)amino-2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium tetrafluoroborates: a new source of arylnitrenium ions
Abstract
Thermolysis of 1-(N-acetyl-N-aryl)amino-2,4,6-triphenylpyridinium tetrafluoroborates provides a new and synthetically useful source of arylnitrenium ions under non-acidic conditions; a p-semidine-type byproduct is obtained from the phenylamino compound.