The Thermal Decomposition of 2, 2'-Azo-bis-isobutyronitrile. Part I. Products of the Reaction

MTÂ Erben, S Bywater

Index: Talat-Erben,Bywater Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1955 , vol. 77, p. 3710

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Abstract

The isolation and identificatioii of hydrolysis products from an intermediate formed iu the decomposition of 2, 2'-azo-bis-isobutyronitrile is described. Evidence is given that the intermediate is dimethylketenecyanisopropylimine. 2, 2'-.~ zo-bis-isobutyronitrile was first prepared by Thiele and Heuse? who found that the main product of thermal decomposition was tetramethylsuccinodinitrile. more exhaustive study by Bickel and Waters3 showed the ...