A new nitro group interaction: conversion of o-nitrophenylcarbodi-imides into benzotriazoles
Abstract
2-Nitrodiphenylcarbodi-imide, generated by thermolysis of the heterocyclic precursors (1), (4), (5), and (6), and prepared by oxidation of 2-nitrodiphenyl-thiourea, is rapidly transformed in high yield into 2-phenylbenzotriazole (3) and carbon dioxide, in a new o-nitro group interaction.