Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Oxidation of 1, 1-disubstituted hydrazines with benzeneseleninic acid and selenium dioxide. Facile preparation of tetrazenes

TG Back, RG Kerr

Index: Back, Thomas G.; Kerr, Russell G. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 60, p. 2711 - 2718

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Citation Number: 19

Abstract

Various 1, 1-disubstituted hydrazines were oxidized with benzeneseleninic acid in methanol, generally producing the corresponding tetrazenes in high yield. Studies of the by- products of the reaction, of the effects of protic vs. aprotic solvents, and trapping experiments suggest that N-aminonitrenes are unlikely intermediates in this oxidation. An alternative mechanism involving a Pummerer-like reaction of seleninamides derived from the ...