Kp. Naicker et al., THE CATALYTIC INFLUENCE OF CLAYS ON BAMBERGER REARRANGEMENT - UNEXPECTED FORMATION OF P-NITROSODIPHENYL AMINE FROM N-PHENYLHYDROXYLAMINE, Catalysis letters, 54(3), 1998, pp. 165-167
The microenvironment of montmorillonite K 10 clay and its various cati
on-exchanged forms, promote the formation of an unexpected product, p-
nitrosodiphenyl amine, from N-phenylhydroxylamine rather than the typi
cal Bamberger products, aminophenols. A plausible mechanism for the un
usual formation of p-nitrosodiphenyl amine is proposed.