Oxidation of aromatic amines with chromyl chloride-II : Studies on the intermediate solid adducts

Abstract

Oxidation of aromatic primary amines with chromyl chloride results in the formation of intermediate solid Etard adducts (C. Nallaiah and J.A. Strickson, Tetrahedron 42,4083 ( 1986)). Elemental analysis of the adducts indicates that the anilines, which give 1,4-benzoquinone anils in good yields, form adducts close to a 1:1 stoichiometry with the oxidant while those forming 1,4-benzoquinones in substantial yields form 1:2 adducts. Magnetic measurements on the adducts reveal that chromium atoms are mainly present m the oxidation state chromium(IV). IR studies indicate that the adducts comprise of 1,4-benzoquinone imines and di-imines as ligands and that giant molecules are formed by chloro and hydroxy bridges.