The Chemistry of 3-(α-Cyanobenzylidene)-1-phenyltriazenes and Their Conversion to Diarylmaleimides and Phenanthrene-9,10-dicarboximides

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00297a066

3-(α-Cyanobenzylidene)-1-phenyltriazine (3a), the product of thermolysis of 5-azido-1,4-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazole (2), is attacked by nucleophilic reagents at the azomethine carbon.Alcohols and phenol give rise to acetals of the N-phenylamidine of phenylgly