The product identified was an amine by IR spectroscopy, and also the literature reveals that Sn[Cl.sub.2] reduces the
azo compounds directly to amines [10].
The later worker reported that some
azo compounds could be utilized as sole source of carbon and nitrogen by the algae.
Medicinal importance of
azo compounds is also well documented because of their use as antineoplastics [8], antidiabetics, antiseptics [9], antibacterial [10] and antitumor [11].
As a class of organic light-emitting materials
azo compounds have attracted many interests due to their unique photochemical and photophysical properties.
Amaranth dye are classify as
azo compounds cotaining the azo group (-N=N-) that has similar structure of commassie brilliant blue R-250.
Supercell modified
azo compounds reportedly permit improved control of gas generation.
Information on these
azo compounds leaked out to Uniroyal in the U.S., so that by 1950, both this company and Bayer in Germany were using exothermic blowing agents in rubber.