Conversions by dimethyldioxirane of 1-alkylbenzotriazoles into their N-oxides and of 2-alkylbenzotriazoles into 2-alkyl-trans-4,5,6,7-diepoxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzotriazoles
Ar. Katritzky et al., Conversions by dimethyldioxirane of 1-alkylbenzotriazoles into their N-oxides and of 2-alkylbenzotriazoles into 2-alkyl-trans-4,5,6,7-diepoxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzotriazoles, J ORG CHEM, 66(16), 2001, pp. 5585-5589
Dimethyldioxirane converted 1-alkylbenzotriazoles 4 to the corresponding 3-
alkylbenzotriazole 1-oxides 5 in good yields, but transformed 2-alkylbenzot
riazoles 12 into 2-alkyl-trans-4,5,6,7-diepoxy-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzotriaz
oles 13.