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Inside Back Cover: Polyaniline‐Induced CH Arylation of Arenes with Arenediazonium Salts (Chem. Eur. J. 46/2015)
Author(s) -
Amaya Toru,
Hata Dai,
Moriuchi Toshiyuki,
Hirao Toshikazu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201584603
Subject(s) - polyaniline , salt (chemistry) , chemistry , catalysis , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , polymerization
A reduced form of polyaniline induces the direct arylation of an arenediazonium salt with an arene (Gomberg–Bachmann reaction) to give the cross‐coupling product, as reported by T. Amaya, T. Hirao et al. in their Full Paper on page 16427 ff. Investigation of the mechanism suggests a radical chain reaction initiated by one‐electron reduction of an arenediazonium salt by the polyaniline. The cover picture likens this reaction to the ignition of a number of fireworks induced by a single burning fuse (a catalytic amount of the polyaniline as an electron donor).