O-Phenylenediamine → 3,3-Dimethyloctahydroquinoxalin-2(1H)-one

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Reaction Steps

5.4 parts of o-phenylene diamine are placed in a flask and ethyl-2-bromoisobutyrate added thereto with ethanol solvent. The reaction mixture is heated and 3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroquinoxalin-2-one is recovered. Upon hydrogenation in the presence of catalyst, 3,3-dimethyl-decahydroquinoxalin-2-one is formed which, when used at 0.5 phr concentration in polypropylene in a manner analogous to that set forth in Example 1A above, provides stabilization for about 2000 hours (see Table I).

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