A convenient and rapid one-pot method for the synthesis of iodoarenes
is developed which involves the sequential diazotization-iodination
of aromatic amines with sodium nitrite, silica sulfuric acid and
potassium iodide under solvent-free conditions at room temperature.
Various aromatic amines possessing electron-withdrawing groups or
electron-donating groups are converted into the corresponding aryl
iodides in good yields.
diazotization-iodination - aromatic amines - iodoarenes - silica sulfuric acid