Use of Diazonium Salts ArN2 Nu - ArNu

Reaction of a diazonium salt with a nucleophile results in a substitution reaction in which the N2 leaving group is replaced (called an ipso substitution since the incoming nucleophile ultimately occupies the same position as the outgoing leaving group). When copper salts such as CuCN, CuBr, and CuCl 

Introduction to Strategies for Organic Synthesis, First Edition. Laurie S. Starkey. 2012 John Wiley Sons, Inc. Published 2012 by John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

SYNTHESIS OF AROMATIC TMs VIA DIAZONIUM SALTS (ArN2 + NU - ArNu) 

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