Azoxybenzene : Organic Synthesis

Hello friends in this video we will be synthesising Azoxybenzene by the partial reduction of nitrobenzene with methanol in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The two intermediary products formed (viz Nitrosobenzene and N -phenylhydroxylamine ) condenses to form azoxybenzene.
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[@PoorMansChemist]

Very nice! Love the crystals!

[@THYZOID]

Neat!

[@piroDYMSUS]

Nice work!

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Vèy cool, do you have any plans for it?

[@terithrow3214]

this looks like a good channel for learning bio?

[@petevenuti7355]

Does that form formaldehyde, formic acid or go straight to CO2?

[@experimental_chemistry]

Are you really sure that your product is azoxy benzene?
Normally it's made by mild oxidation of nitrobenzene with arsenic trioxide and the crystals are orange then.
Have you tested the melting point?

[@lukassorowka2672]

Where mechanism?

[@user255]

Your math is wrong. There cannot be mass increase from reaction of two nitrobenzenes to one azoxybenzene. IE molar mass approx doubles, but number of molecules approx halves. Therefore the mass should stay about the same.

[@chanheosican6636]

What the practical use of this chemical? Neat.

[@eaeis9879]

You can use derivatives of it as photoswitches

[@experimental_chemistry]

It was used as a biozide against the varroa mite.