The peroxyacid oxidation of acridine
Abstract
Acridine reacted with peroxybenzoic acid to yield the 10-oxide, 2-(2-hydroxyanilino)benzaldehyde, and 2-(2-hydroxyanilino)benzoic acid. With 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid, the 10-oxide, the aldehyde, and NN′-oxydi-9-acridone were obtained.