Molbank (Jun 2022)

A Direct Method for the Efficient Synthesis of Hydroxyalkyl-Containing Azoxybenzenes

  • Ekaterina S. Spesivaya,
  • Ida A. Lupanova,
  • Dzhamilya N. Konshina,
  • Valery V. Konshin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/M1384
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2022, no. 2
p. M1384

Abstract

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Reaction of nitrobenzyl alcohol with glucose (200 mol%) in the presence of NaOH in water-ethanol medium gave 1,2-bis(4-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl)diazene oxide, 1,2-bis(2-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl)diazene oxide and 1,2-bis(4-(1-hydroxyethyl)phenyl)diazene oxide in 76%, 76% and 72% yields, respectively.

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