
%0 Journal Article
%A Wilshire, JFK 
%T The Reaction of Some o-Nitroazobenzenes With Hydroxylamine
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1988/04/01
%V 41
%N 4
%P 617-622
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9880617
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9880617 
%X The reaction of some representative o-nitroazobenzenes with hydroxylamine in ethanolic sodium hydroxide solution gave good to excellent yields of the corresponding 2-aryl-2H-benzotriazole 1-oxides. In some cases, the corresponding parent 2-aryl-2H-benzotriazoles were also obtained. Under the same reaction conditions, nitrobenzene was essentially unreactive. It is suggested that the reactive species is diimide. 
