Electrochemical reduction of 2, 2'-dinitrophenyl ether and 2, 2'-dinitrodiphenylamine at mercury cathodes

J Hlavatý, J Volke, V Bakos

Index: Hlavaty, Jaromir; Volke, Jiri; Bakos, Viktor Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1983 , vol. 48, # 2 p. 379 - 393

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Abstract

Abstract 2, 2'-Dinitrophenyl ether (I) is reduced at less negative potentials than 2, 2'- dinitrodiphenylamine (II); the respective mechanism of their reduction differ essentially.(I) is electrolytically reduced in a single wave with an uptake of eight electrons per molecule, giving rise to a bishydroxylamine intermediate which undergoes an intramolecular disproportionation. The resulting 2-nitroso-2'-amino-diphenyl ether undergoes a chemical ...