THERMOLYSIS OF 6-HYDROXYIMINO-1,3,5-TRI-t-BUTYL-5-METHYL-1,3-CYCLOHEXADIENE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.55.959

Mechanism of the thermolysis of the title compound has been proposed, which begins with a homolytic cleavage leading to t-butyl radical and 2,4-di-t-butyl-6-methyl-1-nitrosobenzene.The reaction of the nitrosobenzene with t-butyl radical generated from photolysis of 2,2'-dimethyl-2,2'-azopropane is also described.