Unprecedented migration of a methyl group in 2-(2',6'-dimethylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol mediated by ruthenium.
An unprecedented chemical transformation of 2-(2',6'-dimethylphenylazo)-4-methylphenol has been observed upon its reaction with [Ru(PPh(3))(2)(CO)(2)Cl(2)] whereby the methyl group at the 2' position migrates to the 4' or 6' position.
Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Section, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Sumon
S
Nag
Parna
P
Gupta
Ray J
RJ
Butcher
Samaresh
S
Bhattacharya