Acyclic tertiary amines as nucleophiles in substitution reactions of aromatic and heteroaromatic halides

Even acyclic tertiary amines such as triethylamine, tri-n-propylamine and tri-n-butylamine, which have been believed to be inert to aromatic and heteroaromatic halides, underwent SNAr reactions with aromatic and heteroaromatic halides to give the dialkylamino derivatives; in the case of monocyclic amines like N-methylpyrrolidine and N-methylpiperidine, the dealkylation being regioselective.