摘要 |
A process for preparing a substituted aromatic compound, comprising combining an aromatic compound and cuprous (Cu+) ions in a reaction vessel in an essentially oxygen-free environment, and adding to said reaction vessel a source of an electrophile or a nucleophile substituent, to form an aromatic compound product which is ring-substituted with said electrophile or nucleophile at a position which was originally occupied by hydrogen, and isolating the substituted aromatic compound from the reaction mixture. |