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HRID 1871015Generated: October 30, 2026

Aniline → Diphenylamine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAnilineHCID 6115—
ReactantBromobenzeneHCID 7961—
ReactantTris(1,1-dimethylethyl)phosphineHCID 83681—
Catalyst(1E,4E)-1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one; palladiumHCID 6505921—
SolventTolueneHCID 1140—
ProductDiphenylamineHCID 1148786%

Reaction Steps

The above general procedure was followed using bromobenzene (157 mg, 1.00 mmol) and aniline (93 mg, 1.00 mmol) with 1 mol % Pd(dba)2 and 0.8 mol % tri-t-butylphosphine in 1.5 mL of toluene. After one hour, the reaction mixture was adsorbed onto silica gel and chromatographed with 5% ethyl acetate/hexanes to give 145 mg (86%) of diphenylamine as a grey solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, C6D6) δ 7.11-7.08 (m, 4H), 6.85-6.80 (m, 6H), 4.97 (br s, 1H). 13C NMR (125 MHz, C6D6) δ 143.6, 129.5, 121.1, 118.2. In addition, 21 mg (8%) of triphenylamine was isolated.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06100398
Source datasetuspto-grants-2000_08
ORD IDord-3115883701cc443999b8aa5a59b08207
Source noteuspto-grants-2000_08