Vb. Voleva et al., REACTIONS OF ISOMERIC 3,6-DI-TERT-BUTYL-ORTHO-BENZOQUINONES AND 3,5-DI-TERT-BUTYL-ORTHO-BENZOQUINONES WITH NH3, Russian chemical bulletin, 44(9), 1995, pp. 1720-1724
The interaction of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinone (1) and 3,5-di
-tert-butyl-ortho-benzoquinone (2) with NH3 in water-alcohol medium an
d with (NH4)(2)CO3 in a Solid phase has been studied. Redox processes
with participation of a nucleophile of the medium take place for 1, wh
ile 2 reacts with NH3 at the carbonyl group with transformation of the
quinone imide. The mechanism of redox transformation of 1 has been pr
oposed.