ChemInform Abstract: Azo Pigments and Their Intermediates. A Reinvestigation of the Tetrazotization of 1,4-Diaminoanthraquinone.

Abstract

The azotization of 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone (1) by n-amyl nitrite in glacial acetic was reinvestigated. The structure of a red-brown precipitate, which was previously identified as anthraquinone-1,4-tetrazonium dichloride (3) by Schaarschmidt, was found to be incorrect. In this work, we have identified the red-brown solid as 4-aminoanthraquinone-1-diazonium chloride (2), a diazotized product of 1. The yield of 2 was 80%. The tetrazonium dichloride 3 was actually formed in minute quantity and is soluble in acetic acid. The tetrazonium product of 1 can be isolated as tetrafluoroborate salt 4 in 3.4% yield by adding fluoboric acid into the acetic acid solution. The structure 4 was confirmed by IR and cross-polarization magic angle spinning13C NMR spectroscopy. Further investigations showed that 1 can be quantitatively tetrazotized by nitrosylsulfuric acid in 78% sulfuric acid. The tetrazonium product was isolated as 4 in 74% yield. Key words: 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone, diazotization, tetrazotization, azo pigm...