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The spin trap method was used to detect the free phenylaminyl radical formed as the result of homolytic cleavage of the N-N bond in the phenylhydrazone of ethyl pyruvate under conditions of the Fischer indole synthesis.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2893–2895, December, 1991.
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Kereselidze, D.A., Gasanov, R.G., Tsikoliya, M.A. et al. Spin trap study of the dissociation of the N-N bond in phenylhydrazones. Russ Chem Bull 40, 2524–2525 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00959740
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