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Triphenylmethyl Phenylcyanomethylenenitronate: Formation and Thermolysis
Boyer, Joseph H.,Manimaran, Thankiavelu,Ramakrishnan, Vayalakkavoor T.
, p. 2163 - 2170 (2007/10/02)
The previously reported formation of carbon dioxide, α,α'-bis(tritylazo)stilbene (4), benzonitrile N-oxide (5), trityl isocyanate (6), and C33H25N3O (11) from a mixture ot trityl chloride and silver phenylcyanomethylenenitronate in toluene is now attributed to the initial formation at -20 deg C of trityl phenylcyanomethylenenitronate (3) and its dissociations at 5 deg C.The ester (3) was characterized by conversion into bromonitrophenylacetonitrile (7) by treatment with bromine, to p-nitrobenzoyl cyanide (8) by treatment with dinitrogen tetraoxide, to trityl alcohol by hydrolysis, and to a mixture of trityl alcohol and trityl peroxide by exposure to the atmosphere.The bisazostilbene (4) (18percent) and C33H25N3O, identified by X-ray crystallographic analysis to be 4,5-diphenyl-1-triphenylmethoxy-1,2,3-triazole (11) (24percent), were obtained from the nitronate ester (3) in toluene at 5 deg C; the nitrile oxide (5) and the isocyanate (6) were obtained in low yields from the ester (3) in dimethyl sulphoxide at 25 deg C.Hydrolysis converted the triazole (11) into 1-hydroxy-4,5-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazole (12) and trityl alcohol.Silver p-bromophenylcyanomethylenenitronate and trityl chloride afforded α,α'-bis-(tritylazo)-p,p'-dibromostilbene and its thermolysis product, p,p'-dibromodiphenylacetylene.Fragmentation of the ester (3) in presence of added phenyl isocyanate gave the bisazo compound (4) and 3,4-diphenyl-1,2,4-oxodiazol-5-one (18).A similar mixture stored at -20 deg C gave the triazole (11) and the oxadiazolone (18).Aroyl nitrile oxides as well as phenyl isocyanate suppressed the formation of the red bisazostilbene (4).The intermediacy of the N-trityl imine (14) of 4H-3-phenyl-1,2-oxazet-4-one-2-oxide in the thermolysis of the nitronate (3) was discussed.
