酸催化下氧化偶氮苯類化合物重排為對羥基偶氮苯類化合物的反應。此反應與 Zinin聯苯胺重排只要較低濃度的酸催化不同，所需要的酸濃度較高（60-100%H2SO4)。有時候也可以得到鄰位羥基的異構體【Tetrahedron 1980, 36, 3177】
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p-Hydroxyazobenzene (2). Azoxybenzene
1 (198 mg, 1 mmol) was heated in H2SO4 (5 mL). The cooled mixture was diluted with water, purified via the sodium salt and recrystallized from MeOH,mp 152–153 ℃.【J Am Chem Soc.
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