| Abstract: | The main decomposition products formed from triforine by hydrolysis in solution and by photolysis were isolated and identified. In aqueous solution at 21°, hydrolysis proceeds rapidly by formation of chloride ions and, through several intermediates, 1-(dihydroxyacetyl)piperazine and piperazine. Photolysis by ultraviolet light in the absence of water leads preferentially to the removal of one side chain, the second side chain being attacked more slowly. In aqueous solution, triforine is rapidly destroyed by ultraviolet light. N-(2,2-Dichlorovinyl)formamide was isolated as an intermediate photodecomposition product. |
