“…These compounds are able to react as carbon nucleophiles with a plethora of electrophiles such as, halogens, 1,2 protons, and [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] alkyl-, 13 acyl-, [14][15][16] and aryl-halides. [17][18][19] Moreover, the reaction of 1,3,5-tris(N,N-dialkylamino)benzenes with charged 20 and neutral carbon electrophiles has recently been studied, providing interesting information on the relevant reaction intermediates. [21][22][23] From long time our interest lies in the reaction between 1,3,5-tris(N,N-dialkylamino)-benzene derivatives and aryl diazonium salts from which it was possible to obtain evidence for the reversibility of the azo-coupling reaction and to detect the related Wheland-like reaction intermediates.…”