The Reaction of Chloranil with the Decomposition Products from Azonitriles

GS Hammond, GB Lucas

Index: Hammond; Lucas Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1955 , vol. 77, p. 3249

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Abstract

The decomposition of azo-bis-isobutyronitrile or azo-bis-diethylacetonitrile in toluene containing chl3ranil leads to the production of the monobenzyl ether of tetrachlorohydroquinone in addition to the mono-and dicyanoalkyl ethers derived from the azonitrile. No dibenzyl ether or unsymmetrical diether is formed. It is suggested that the precursor of the benzyl ether is not a semiquinone ether but rather a molecular complex of ...