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Oxidation of 2-Amino-4-methylphenol in Acidic Medium
Bolognese, Adele,Liberatore, Rosa,Schaefer, Wolfram
, p. 1083 - 1087 (2007/10/02)
The oxidation of 2-amino-4-methylphenol 1, by ferricyanide, in acetic acid yields benzoquinonimine 2, phenoxazinonimine 3 and 4, triphenodioxazines 5 and phenoxazinone 6.The reaction mechanism seems to start with an electrophilic substitution of the quinonimine, from 1, on the electron rich 1, rather than with a nucleophilic attack of 1 on the arising quinonimine.
