The reduction of nitroaromatic compounds by various metals (tin, lead, bismuth) in liquid hydrogen fluoride under an inert atmosphere leads to fluoroaromatic amines, in accord with the Bamberger reaction. Generally, a co-solvent such as pentane or methylene chloride is used. Some non-fluorinated arylamines are also formed by a competitive direct reduction of the N-arylhydroxylamine intermediate. Of the mild reductive metals studied, bismuth was the most selective.