The treatment of azoxybenzenes bearing electron-withdrawing substituents at 4,4′-positions with sulfuric acid gave the corresponding 2-hydroxyazobenzenes, together with 4′-substituted 4-hydroxyazobenzenes. The treatment of 4,4′-dimethoxyazoxybenzene with p-toluenesulfonic acid and acetic anhydride afforded 4,4′-dimethoxy-3-acetoxyazobenzene and 4,4′-dimethoxy-2-tosyloxyazobenzene as the main rearrangement products.
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Shimao et al. (1983) studied this question.