title: Radical reduction of aromatic azides to amines with tributylgermanium hydride.
abstract: [reaction: see text] Aromatic azides are inert toward tributylgermanium hydride under thermal conditions in the absence and in the presence of a radical initiator but in the presence of catalytic amounts of benzenethiol undergo fast reaction, yielding reduced anilines and 2-germylated derivatives in high overall yields.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica A. Mangini, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benati
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bencivenni
authors.forename: Rino
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leardini
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minozzi
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nanni
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scialpi
authors.forename: Piero
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Spagnolo
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zanardi