Ammonia → 2-Amino-5-[4'-(amino)anilino]-1,4-benzoquinone

HRID 2083129Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2083129 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([OH:10])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[O:8]C.N.OO.Cl.Cl.[C:16]1([NH2:23])[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([NH2:22])=[CH:18][CH:17]=1>CC(C)=O.O>[NH2:1][C:2]1[C:7](=[O:8])[CH:6]=[C:5]([NH:22][C:19]2[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:16]([NH2:23])=[CH:17][CH:18]=2)[C:4](=[O:10])[CH:3]=1

Participants

7

Reactant 4

HCID 222AmmoniaHCID 784Hydrogen PeroxideHCID 122051,4-Diaminobenzene dihydrochlorideHCID 203418413-Amino-4-methoxyphenol

Product 1

HCID 234675252-Amino-5-[4'-(amino)anilino]-1,4-benzoquinone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 180AcetoneSolventHCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

0.75 mole (10.5 g) of 3-amino-4-methoxy phenol is dissolved in 50 cc of acetone to which have been added 50 cc of ammonia (22° Be) and 250 cc of H2O2 (20 volumes). To this solution there is immediately added 0.05 mole (9.0 g) of paraphenylene diamine dihydrochloride in solution in 100 cc of water. The resulting reaction mixture is agitated for two hours at ambient temperature at which time the reaction mixture is filtered to recover the precipitate which has formed. After recrystallizing the precipitate in ethylacetate and washing the recrystallized product initially with a little methyl cellosolve and then with little ether, 2-amino-5-[4'-(amino)anilino]-1,4-benzoquinone is obtained which is chromatographically pure and which melts with decomposition above 260° C.

Workup

  1. customThe resulting reaction mixture
  2. filtrationis filtered
  3. customto recover the precipitate which
  4. customhas formed
  5. customAfter recrystallizing the precipitate in ethylacetate
  6. washwashing the recrystallized product initially with a little methyl cellosolve

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f60a97b0d74b496080fc6270b46b51f3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_04
Patent number
US04084052

Reaction notes

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