Bromination of Aromatic Amines

Abstract

It is known that the antipyrenes, biological active substances (antitumor, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral), pharmacological preparations on the basis of bromine-containing aromatic compounds are widely used in the industry. Considering this and increased demand for these substances the purpose of this work was to summarize and systematize the accumulated knowledge in this area. The article presents methods and reagent systems used in the bromination of aromatic amines. There have been described the bromination of aromatic amines with hydrogen bromide, sodium bromide, potassium bromide, ammonium bromide, copper (II) bromide, N-bromosuccinimide, N-bromosaccharin, polymer-supported halogenation agents, and difference of these methods from the point of view of the used oxidizer, the medium and the solvent, the catalyst, the regioselectivity, the quantity of bromine atoms in the obtained product. The influence of solvents, catalysts, the nature (electron-donor or electron-acceptor) and position (ortho-, meta-, para-) of the substituents in the aromatic ring, reaction conditions, molar ratio of the reagents, reaction temperature and carrying out time of bromination reaction of aromatic amines has been shown. The bromination reactions courses of aromatic amines in different solvents, in solvent free conditions, in solid states has been described. The bromination of aromatic amines under thermal, microwave, ultraviolet radiation conditions has been studied. In the paper the regioselective monobromination and also obtaining of di-, tri- bromo derivatives of aromatic amines has been shown. Taking into account today's priority to environmentally safe methods of bromination of aromatic amines they have been also mentioned. Given the above, in our opinion, the information presented in this article will help to optimize the production of bromo derivatives of aromatic amines used in industry, technics and technology.