Journal of the American Chemical Society

New 2, 5-dimethylpyrrole derivatives

WS Bishop

Index: Bishop Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1945 , vol. 67, p. 2261

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Citation Number: 22

Abstract

BY ANTON B. BURG AND JOHN H. BICKER TON^ Direct evidence of the strong electron- donor character of trimethylamine oxide was found in the recent study of its reaction with sulfur dioxideq2 The compound (CH&NO. SOa is not measurably dissociated below the char- point (ca. 120'), and it is best interpreted as a case of strong attachment of the oxide to the sulfur atom. Since sulfur dioxide usually forms only rather weak bonds to electron donors, ...