Gas‐phase thermolysis of benzotriazole derivatives. Part 4. Pyrolysis of 1‐acylbenzotriazole phenylhydrazones. Interesting direct routes towards N‐aminobenzimidazoles
Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of 1‐acylbenzotriazole phenylhydrazones gave benzonitriles, aniline and 2‐arylbenzimidazole derivatives. Static pyrolysis of the same substrates at 180 °C gave exclusively the corresponding N‐anilino‐2‐arylbenzimidazole derivatives. Pyrolysis of the isomeric 2‐acylbenzotriazole phenylhydrazones gave similar products.