Acetone azine

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Acetone azine, Me2C=N–N=CMe2, is the condensation product of two equivalents of acetone with one equivalent of hydrazine. It is an intermediate in the industrial production of hydrazine by the Atofina–PCUK cycle.[1]

On a laboratory scale, acetone azine is prepared by the direct reaction of acetone with hydrazine hydrate, with water being removed from the product by stirring with solid potassium hydroxide.[2][3] It is a useful precursor to acetone hydrazone[3] and hence to 2-diazopropane,[4] both of which must be prepared immediately before use and cannot be stored.[3][4]

References

  1. Schirmann, Jean-Pierre; Combroux, Jean; Delavarenne, Serge Yvon (Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann) Method for preparing azines and hydrazones. US Patent 3972878, issued 3 August 1976. Schirmann, Jean-Pierre; Tellier, Pierre; Mathais, Henri, et al. (Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann) Process for the preparation of hydrazine compounds. US Patent 3978049, issued 31 August 1976.
  2. Curtius, T.; Thun, K. J. Prakt. Chem. 1891, 44, 161.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Day, A. C.; Whiting, M. C. Acetone hydrazone. Org. Synth. 1970, 50, 3, <http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=cv6p0010>; Coll. Vol., 6, 10.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Andrews, S. D.; Day, A. C.; Raymond, P.; Whiting, M. C. 2-Diazopropane. Org. Synth. 1970, 50, 27, <http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/orgsyn/prepContent.asp?prep=cv6p0392>; Coll. Vol., 6, 392.
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