Table 1.
Yields of fluorinated arenes obtained from direct decomposition of salts 1-7.
| Cmpd. | C6D6 (ArF + 4FA)a |
CD3CN (ArF + 4FA) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 76 | 17 |
| 2 | (59 + 19) | (2 + 1) |
| 3 | (59 + 25) | (2 + 1) |
| 4 | (76 + 14) | (2 + 1) |
| 5 | (41 + 10) | (3 + 1) |
| 6 | (86 + 0) | (33 + 0) |
| 7 | (93 + 5) | 0 |
a
The numbers inside the parentheses indicate the percentage yields of the desired fluorinated arenes followed by the amount of 4-fluoroanisole (4FA) produced during the reaction. All solutions were heated at 140 °C for 15 minutes in sealed NMR tubes.