Orthoamide, LIX. Formyl-aalen [Tris(diformylamino)methan] – ein neues Formylierungsmittel für aktivierte Aromaten/Orthoamides, LIX. Formyl-aalen [Tris(diformylamino)methane] – a New Formylating Reagent for Activated Aromatic Compounds
In the presence of strong Lewis acids such as aluminum chloride or borontrichloride, formyl-aalen [tris(diformylamino)methane] (3) acts as a formylating reagent for aromatic alkane compounds and aromatic ethers. The orthoamide 3 delivers three formyl groups for the formylation process. Thus toluene, cumene, tert-butylbenzene, hexylbenzene, ο-xylene, ρ-cymene, biphenyl, anisole, diphenylether and 1