Title:The Coupling of Carbon and Nitrogen Substituents with Nitroarenes: Vicarious
Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen in Nitroarenes
Volume: 26
Issue: 9
Author(s): Dong Zou*Gang Han*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacy, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Pharmacy, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Keywords:
Nitroarenes, transition-metal-free, cross-coupling, vicarious nucleophilic substitution, carbon substituents, nitrogen substituents.
Abstract: In recent years, nitroarenes have been extensively exploited as green, efficient
electrophilic arylation reagents used in a variety of organic syntheses. Transition-metal-free
cross-coupling reactions and Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution (VNS) have become practical
and reliable synthetic methods to access momentous functionalized organic compounds.
Thus, the introduction of various substituents into nitroarenes has attracted considerable attention
as important synthetic approaches due to their simplicity and practicality. In this review,
we comprehensively summarize the coupling of several carbon and nitrogen substituents with
nitroarenes via nucleophilic substitution under mild conditions, followed by the application of
these transversions in the construction of carbon and heterocyclic rings.