title: Interaction of Azobenzene and Benzalaniline with Strong Amido Bases.
abstract: The interaction of azobenzene with lithium dicyclohexylamide (Cy2NLi) in THF or Et2O afforded the ion-radical salt of azobenzene (1) structurally characterized for the first time and dicyclohexylaminyl radical, which begins a novel chain of transformations leading eventually to the imino-enamido lithium complex (3). Benzalaniline, being a relative of azobenzene, reacted with Cy2NLi without electron transfer by a proton-abstraction mechanism to form the dilithium salt of N(1),N(2),1,2-tetraphenylethene-1,2-diamine quantitatively.
authors.affiliation: G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 49 Tropinin str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod GSP-445, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexander N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kornev
authors.affiliation: G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 49 Tropinin str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod GSP-445, Russia.
authors.forename: Vyacheslav V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Sushev
authors.affiliation: G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 49 Tropinin str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod GSP-445, Russia.
authors.forename: Natalia V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Zolotareva
authors.affiliation: G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 49 Tropinin str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod GSP-445, Russia.
authors.forename: Evgenii V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Baranov
authors.affiliation: G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 49 Tropinin str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod GSP-445, Russia.
authors.forename: Georgy K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Fukin
authors.affiliation: G. A. Razuvaev Institute of Organometallic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences , 49 Tropinin str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod GSP-445, Russia.
authors.forename: Gleb A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Abakumov