. Deoxygenation of 2,5-di-tert-butylnitrosobenzene (1) by triethylphosphite gave a complex mixture containing 2,5-di-tert-butylaniline, 2,5,2',5'-tetra-tert-butylazobenzene, N-(2,5-ditert-butylphenyl)-~ert-butyl-a-2-(5-tert-butypyridyl)nitrone, and diethyl N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)phosphoramidate. In contrast deoxygenation of 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylnitrosobenzene (2) yielded mainly 3,3-dimethyl-5,7-di-tert-butyl-2,3-dihydrondoe (80%), together with small amounts of 2,4,6-tri-tert-butylaniline and a product of side chain rearrangement, 2-(2-methyl-3-propeny1)-4,6-di-tert-butylaniline. Reaction pathways involving nitrenoid intermediates account for the various products. The different types of products from 1 and 2 are explained in terms of differential steric and conformational effects.L. Ross C. BARCLAY, PRABHAKER G. KHAZANIE, KENNETH A. H. ADAMS et ELAINE REID. Can. J. Chem. 55,3273 (1977).La deoxygination du di-tert-butyl-2.5 nitrosobenzene (1) par la triethylphosphite donne un melange complexe de di-tert-butyl-2,5 aniline, tetra-tert-butyl-2,5,2',5' azobenzene, N-(di-tertbutyl-2,5 phCny1)-cr tert-butyl-cr (tert-butyl-5 pyridy1)-2 nitrone et N-(di-tert-butyl-2,5 phenyl) phosphoramidate de diethyle. Par contre, la deoxygenation du trl-tert-butyl-2,4,6 nitrosobenzene (2) conduit principalement au dimethyl-3,3 di-tert-butyl-5,7 dihydro-2,3 indole (80%), avec un faible pourcentage de tri-tert-butyl-2,4,6 aniline contenant un produit de rearrangement de la chaine laterale, le (methyl-2 propenyl-3)-2 di-tert-butyl-4,6 aniline. Les sentiers reactionnels impliquant des intermediaires nitrknoi'de sont responsables des composes divers. Les