Synthesis 2004(5): 683-691  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-816004
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Zinc-Mediated Radical Reactions of Per- (or Poly)fluorophenyl Aromatic Aldimines in Aqueous Media

Xinyuan Liua,b, Shizheng Zhu*b, Shaowu Wang*a
a Institute of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui, 241000, P. R. China
e-Mail: swwang@mail.ahnu.edu.cn;
b Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 354 Fenglin Lu, Shanghai 200032, P. R. China
Fax: +86(21)64166128; e-Mail: zhusz@pub.sioc.ac.cn;
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Publication History

Received 2 November 2003
Publication Date:
09 March 2004 (online)

Abstract

The intermolecular additions of alkyl halides to per- (or poly)fluorophenyl aromatic aldimines using zinc as a single-electron-transfer radical initiator have been studied in aqueous media. The reaction proceeds well for imines with different substituents at room temperature under air atmosphere and the corresponding fluorin­e-containing amines and 1,2-diamines are obtained in poor to good yields. A tentative reaction mechanism is proposed.