Electrochemical Deamination of Aromatic Amines

Torii, S.; Okumoto, H.; Satoh, H.; Minoshima, T.*; Kurozumi, S.* (*Pharmaceutical Discovery Research Laboratories, Inst. for Bio-medical Research, Teijin Limited), Synlett 1995, 439.

Electroreduction of primary arylamines in aq. HNO₃ using Pb anode achieved deamination to give the corresponding aromatic compounds in high yields.