The title compound in refluxing toluene decomposed to 9-anthrylmethyl derivatives and phenazine as major products upon cleavage of the N–CH2 bond; the orbital interaction of which with π-orbitals of the aromatic ring was suggested by the X-ray crystal structure analysis.
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