Griess Diazo Reaction; Witt and Knoevenagel Diazotization Methods

P. Griess, Ann. 106, 123 (1858); 121, 257 (1862); E. Knoevenagel, Ber. 23, 2994 (1890); O. N. Witt, ibid. 42, 2953 (1909).

Formation of aromatic diazonium salts from primary aromatic amines and nitrous acid or other nitrosating agents:

N. Kornblum, Org. React. 2, 264 (1944); W. A. Cowdry, D. S. Davies, Quart. Rev. 6, 358 (1952); Ridd, ibid. 15, 418 (1961); B. I. Belov, V. V. Kozlov, Russ. Chem. Rev. 32, 59 (1963); K. Schank in The Chemistry of Diazonium and Diazo Groups, S. Patai, Ed. (Wiley, New York, 1978) p 645; J. B. Fox, Jr., Anal. Chem. 51, 1493 (1979). Evaluation in determination of biological nitrogen: I. Guevara et al., Clin. Chim. Acta 274, 177 (1998); K. Schulz et al., Nitric Oxide: Biology & Chemistry 3, 225 (1999).