Pyrolytic Generation of Aryne and Exocyclic Carbene Species: Trapping by an Adjacent o-Tolyl Group
RFC Brown, FW Eastwood and CJ Smith
Australian Journal of Chemistry
45(8) 1315 - 1320
Published: 1992
Abstract
Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 2'-methylbiphenyl-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (3-o-tolylphthalic anhydride) at 860°/0.07mm gave a 1:1 mixture of 1H- and 3H-benz[e]indene (22%), and fluorene (49%). The pathways leading to these products are discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9921315
© CSIRO 1992
