Ip. Sedishev et al., HALOARENES IN THE DUFF REACTION UNDER HIGH-PRESSURES .2. FORMYLATION AND AMIDOMETHYLATION OF HALOARENES IN TRIFLUOROACETIC-ACID, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(11), 1995, pp. 2127-2130
Reactions of haloarenes with urotropine in CF3COOH at elevated tempera
tures and high pressures give the corresponding aromatic aldehydes and
/or N-(haloarylmethyl)trifluoroacetamides. The yeilds of the products
and their ratio depend on electronic properties of substituents in the
aromatic ring. The reaction carried out in a mixture of CF3COOH and (
CF3CO)(2)O affords only amides.