Ly. Ukhin et al., SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF 3,5-DI-TERT-BUTYL-4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-5-NITROINDAZOLE, Russian chemical bulletin, 43(6), 1994, pp. 1034-1036
trobenzylidene)-3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyaniline (3a) and N-(2-azido
-5-nitrobenzilidene)aniline (3b), when heated in dimethylformamide yie
lded 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)-5-nitroindazole (4a) and 2-phe
nyl-5-nitroindazole (4b), respectively. The structure of 4b was confir
med by X-ray analysis. A stable phenoxyl radical was shown to originat
e from the oxidation of 4a with lead (Iv) dioxide.