Cp. Hadjiantonioumaroulis et al., PYROLYSIS AND PHOTOLYSIS OF 1-AROYLAMINO-4,5-DIARYL-1,2,3-TRIAZOLES -GENERATION AND THERMAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF 4,5-DIARYL-1,2,3-TRIAZOLYL RADICALS, Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, 35(4), 1998, pp. 891-894
The pyrolysis of 1-aroylamino-4,5-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazoles 1 yields, p
ressumably via the 4,5-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazolyl radical (2a), 2,3-diph
enyl-2H-azirine (11a) and 2-aryl-4,5-diphenylimidazoles 14 as the majo
r products. Upon irradiation 1-benzoylamino-4,5-diphenyl-1,2,3-triazol
e (1a) gives 4,5-diphenyl-1(2)H-1,2,3-triazole (4a) via the 1,2,3-tria
zolyl radical 2a, together with benzamide (5a) and 1,2-bisbenzoylhydra
zine (6a). Products 5a and 6a result from the benzoylamino radical 3a
by hydrogen atom abstraction and dimerization respectively.