| Abstract
| - The nucleophilic aromatic substitution for heteroatom through electrochemical oxidation of theintermediate σ-complexes (Meisenheimer complexes) in simple nitroaromatic compounds is reportedfor the first time (NASX process). The studies have been carried out with hydride, cyanide, fluoride,methoxy, and ethanethiolate anions and n-butylamine as a nucleophile, at the cyclic voltammetry(CV) and preparative electrolysis level. The cyclic voltammetry experiments allow for detectionand characterization of the σ-complexes and they have led us to a proposal for the mechanism ofthe oxidation step. Furthermore, the power of the CV technique in the analysis of the reactionmixture throughout the whole chemical and electrochemical process is described.
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