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azoxybenzene

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azoxybenzene

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Also known as 1,2-diphenyldiazene 1-oxide, diphenyldiazene 1-oxide, azoxybenzide

Azoxybenzene is organic compound with the formula C6H5N(O)NC6H5. It is a yellow, low-melting solid. The molecule has a planar C2N2O core. The N-N and N-O bond lengths are nearly the same at 1.23 Å.

Chemical data

Formula
C12H10N2O
Molecular weight
198.22 g/mol
IUPAC name
oxido-phenyl-phenyliminoazanium

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Molecule type
Small molecule

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Azoxybenzene is organic compound with the formula C6H5N(O)NC6H5. It is a yellow, low-melting solid. The molecule has a planar C2N2O core. The N-N and N-O bond lengths are nearly the same at 1.23 Å.

==Preparation== It can be prepared by partial reduction of nitrobenzene. This reaction is proposed to proceed via the intermediacy of phenylhydroxylamine and nitrosobenzene: PhNHOH + PhNO → PhN(O)NPh + H2O

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