Gomberg-Bachmann Reaction

M. Gomberg, W. E. Bachmann, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 46, 2339 (1924).

Alkali dependent formation of diaryl compounds from aryl diazonium salts and aromatic compounds.

W. E. Bachmann, R. A. Hoffman, Org. React. 2, 224 (1944); O. C. Dermer, M. T. Edmison, Chem. Rev. 57, 77 (1957); D. H. Hey, Adv. Free-Radical Chem. 2, 47 (1966); D. E. Rosenberg, et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 21, 4141 (1980); J. R. Beadle et al., J. Org. Chem. 49, 1594 (1984); T. C. McKenzie, S. M. Rolfes, J. Heterocycl. Chem. 24, 859 (1987); M. Gurczynski, P. Tomasik, Org. Prep. Proced. Int. 23, 438 (1991). For intramolecular version, see Pschorr Reaction.

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