ChemInform Abstract: Homolytic Alkylations of Highly Electron-Deficient Aromatic Compounds Involving Electron and Proton Transfers.

Regioselective homolytic alkylations leading to substitution for highly electron-deficient aromatics such as fluoro- or trifluoromethyl-substituted benzaldehydes and benzonitriles are observed via electron transfer chain processes in the presence of 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2] octane.