One-pot fluoro-de-diazoniation of anilines in organic medium

Treatment of anilines with tert-butyl nitrite in the presence of boron trifluoride in ortho-dichlorobenzene leads to in situ fluoro-de-diazoniation and affords the corresponding fluoroaromatics with fair yields. This process, conducted in organic medium without Broensted acids, does not require isolation of hazardous diazonium salts and reduces the amounts of wastes. The results of the first screening are given.