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Reduction of azo compounds
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Various azobenzenes have been reduced to the corresponding hydrazines by using
an aqueous solution of sodium dithionite. The yield is generally excellent, but
two compounds, viz. 4,4-dimethoxyazobenzene and
2,2,4,4,6,6-hexamethylazobenzene, gave no hydrazine at all.
L. K. Sydnes, S. Elmi, P. Heggen, B. Holmelid, D. Malthe-Sørensen, Synlett, 2007,
1695-1696.
