Journal of the American Chemical Society

THE OXIDATION OF HYDROQUINONE IN THE PRESENCE OF ALIPHATIC AMINES. FORMATION OF BIS (ALKYLAMINO) QUINONES

RN Harger

Index: Harger Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1924 , vol. 46, p. 2547

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Citation Number: 15

Abstract

During a study of the possibilities of condensing hydroquinone with certain aliphatic amines to form alkyl derivatives of p-aminophenol the writer observed that when an aqueous solution of hydroquinone and methylamine was allowed to stand exposed to the air it became red and within a few hours deposited a quantity of brilliant red crystal^.^ Since the reaction appeared to take place first at the surface of the liquid it seemed probable that an ...