The Wallach rearrangement. Part V. Acid catalyzed hydrolysis of azobenzene-4-hydrogen sulfate
Autor: | E. Buncel, W. M. J. Strachan |
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Rok vydání: | 1969 |
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Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 47:911-917 |
ISSN: | 1480-3291 0008-4042 |
DOI: | 10.1139/v69-149 |
Popis: | In relation to the intermediacy of azobenzene-4-hydrogen sulfate in the Wallach rearrangement of azoxybenzene, the potassium salt has been characterized and subjected to examination under acidic conditions. A pKa value of −2.14 has been obtained, for N-protonation. The sulfate salt hydrolyzes to p-hydroxyazobenzene in acid media and the rate of the reaction has been measured over the region 22–42% H2SO4 at 25° spectrophotometrically. A correlation between rate and acidity function indicates that a two-proton process is involved; a reactive species is proposed having a nitrogen and the phenolic oxygen protonated. The relevance of these findings to Wallach rearrangement studies is discussed. |
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