Reductive dechlorination of 4-chloro 3-nitro benzotrifluoride with sodium borohydride

Chandrasekhar Reddy and I. V.

Abstract

Sodium borohydride, when used as a reductive dechlorinating agent for reducing 4-chloro 3- nitro benzotrifluoide to 3-amino benzotrifluoide in the presence of diglyme and triglyme at higher temperature, leads to the formation of reductive dechlorinating compound (free amine) as well as reductive chlorinating compound (chlorinated amine).