Reductive chlorination of bis(4-tertbutylphenyl)amine-N-oxyl nitroxyl radical

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/s11172-013-0300-1

Unlike cyclic aliphatic nitroxyls, whose oxidation with halogens gives oxoammonium salts, bis(4-tert-butylphenyl)amine-N-oxyl (1) treated with chlorine undergoes reductive chlorination to the corresponding di-and trichlorodiphenylamines. Chlorine partiall