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A FACT which seems to have escaped attention in formulating a mechanism for osazone formation is that β-alkayl substituted phenylhydrazines are oxidized very readily in air to form phenylhydrazones1:
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BARRY, V., MITCHELL, P. Mechanism of Osazone Formation. Nature 175, 220 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175220a0
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