Amine Amino acids, secondary, nitrosation

Typical primary amines which undergo such nitrosation are m-toluidine, p-xylidine, m-anisidine, 2-amino-4-methoxytoluene, 3-amino-4-methoxy-toluene, m-aminophenol, a-naphthylamine, l-naphthylamine-2-, -6-, -7-, and -8-monosulfonic acids, and l-naphthylamine-4-monosulfonic acid (which reacts with displacement of the sulfonic acid group). The secondary amines derived from these primary amines also can be nitrosated directly (i.e., without the intermediate formation of an JV-nitroso compound which needs to be subjected to the Fischer-Hepp rearrangement). The entering nitroso group appears to substitute exclusively in the para position. 

Some recent general reviews deal with the mechanism of N-nitrosation in aqueous solution (345), the nitrosation of secondary amines (346). the effect of solvent acidity On diazotization (347) and the reactivity of diazonium salts (1691). Therefore, a complete rationalization of the reactivity of amino azaaromatics would be timelv. 

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