Nitroxide radicals. Part VIII. Stability of ortho-alkyl-substituted phenyl t-butyl nitroxides
Abstract
t-Butyl o-tolyl nitroxides disproportionate slowly, giving o-aminobenzaldehydes and hydroxylamines. t-Butyl 2,6-xylyl nitroxides, however, are exceptionally stable. Attempted isolation of the diradical, o-phenylene di-t-butyl-dinitroxide, was unsuccessful because of its rapid decomposition to an aminoquinone imine N-oxide.