Nucleophilic Functionalizations of Aniline Derivatives: Aromatic Pummerer Reaction for Umpolung Halogenation and Hydroxylation on Benzene Ring.
Xingping BaoJinzhong YaoHongwei ZhouGuangyu XuPublished in: Organic letters (2018)
In this paper, a metal-free protocol of nucleophilic ortho-halogenation and hydroxylation of anilines via an aromatic Pummerer process is reported.