Aliphatic azoxy compounds. VI. Photolytic isomerization of azoxyalkanes and the thermal ring opening of 2-cyclohexyl-3-methyloxadiaziridine

KG Taylor, SR Isaac, JL Swigert

Index: Taylor,K.G. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1976 , vol. 41, # 7 p. 1146 - 1152

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Abstract

The photolysis of (2)-bis (1-methylethy1) diazene N-oxide [1-(2)] gave ring closure to oxadiaziridine 2 as the principal product accompanied by minor amounts of deoxygenation. Azoxyalkane 1-(E) was not obtained by direct photolysis of 1-(2) owing to an unfavorable photoequilibrium strongly favoring 1-(2); 1-(E) was obtained by thermolysis of 2 and, alternately, by peroxy acid oxidation of (2)-azoisopropane.(2)-Cyclohexylmethyldiazene 1- ...