Autoxidation of N-substituted 1,3,4,7-tetramethylisoindoles to the corresponding phthalimides is described. A mechanism proposed to account for the loss of methyl groups from the 1- and 3-positions is supported by studies of the thermal decomposition of some anthracene 9,10-peroxides.
L. J. Kricka and J. M. Vernon, J. Chem. Soc. C, 1971, 2667 DOI: 10.1039/J39710002667
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