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Thermolysis of azobenzene in a melt and in solution results in the formation of aniline. The possible directions of the reaction are considered. Comparison of the enthalpies of the reaction proves that the cleavage of a π-bond in the N=N group to form a biradical intermediate is thermodynamically more favorable than that of a C-N π-bond.
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Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 1562–1564, September, 1993.
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Budyka, M.F., Kantor, M.M. Thermolysis of azobenzene. Russ Chem Bull 42, 1495–1497 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00699181
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