Sodium benz oxide

Reacts with acids to neutralize them. Prepn is. by reacting NaOH with Na in a nickel crucible at 320° under high vacuum. Yield is 96%. The oxide is stored under anhyd benz. It is also the product of the ignition of many of the sodium compds found in pyrots. It is used as a chemical reagent for organic polymerization or condensation reactions... 

MethyIanlhraquinane and Related Compounds. 2-Methylanthraqui-none and its derivatives are important as intermediates for manufacturing various kinds of vat dyes and brilliant blue (turquoise blue] disperse dyes 2-Methylanthraquinone is prepared from phthalic anhydride and toluene via a benz.oylbenzoic acid. I -Nitroanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid is of great importance as an intermediate for manufacture of vat dyes as well as disperse dyes. It is conventionally prepared from 2-melhyl-l-nitatanlhraquinone, by oxidation in sulfuric acid with sodium dichromate. 

Amino-3-(4 -nitrophenyl)propan-l,3-diol in its optically active form has been selectively photooxidised to the corresponding ketone,and a study of the oxidation of podophyllotoxin (27) by sodium persulfate using laser flash photolysis has enabled rate constants to be determined for the formation and decay of transients. Photoinduced electrochemical oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benz-aldehyde has been achieved with 100% product selectivity and 100% current efficiency using visible radiation in the presence of riboflavin 2, 3, 4, 5 -tetraace-tate. ... 

Sodium azide/phosphoric acid phosphorus pentoxide Benz[d]isothia(IV)zol-3-one 1-oxides from o-carbalkoxysulfoxides s. 26, 360... 

EXAMPLE 2 The oxidation of sodium sulfite or benz-aldehyde is retarded by the addition of small amounts of alcohols such as mannitol or benzyl alcohol. 

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