Nucleophilic substitution in dibenz[b,d]iodolium and 11,12-dihydro-10H-dibenz[b,g]iodocinium cations

Treatment of dibenzb,d]iodolium tetrafluoroborate with NO₂ ^–, Br^–, and N₃ ^– ions gave, along with nucleophilic substitution products, 2-nitro-, 2-bromo-, and 2-azido-2-iodiphenyls, diphenyl, 2-iododiphenyl, and 2,2-diiododiphenyl (products of one electron reduction), whereas 11,12-dihydro-10H-dibenzb,g]iodocinium tetrafluoroborate underwent nucleophilic substitution with all three nucleophiles to give a single product in each case: 1-(2-nitrophenyl)-, 1-(2-bromophenyl)-, or 1-(2-azidophenyl)-3-(2-iodophenyl)propane.M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119899. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 405–412, March, 1998.