Vinyl cations, generated by protonation of the triple bond of
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,β-alkynylcarbonyl compounds in the super
acid HSO
3F, react efficiently with arylammonium (anilinium) ions at low temperatures −75 and −30 °C in 30–75 min with the formation of Friedel–Crafts-type products of anilinium ring alkenylation in 14–62 % yields. Regio- and stereoselectivity of such electrophilic aromatic substitution has been studied in detail.