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An Unprecedented Oxidative Migration of a Methyl Group from 2-(2′,6′-Dimethyl phenylazo)-4-methylphenol Mediated by Ruthenium and Osmium
Acharyya, Rama,Peng, Shie-Ming,Lee, Gene-Hsiang,Bhattacharya, Samaresh
, p. 7378 - 7380 (2003)
An unprecedented chemical transformation of 2-(2′,6′ -dimethylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol has been observed upon its reaction with [M(PPh3)3X2] (M = Ru, Os; X = Cl, Br) whereby one methyl group from the phenyl ring of the arylazo fragment migrates to the metal center via oxidation to CO.