
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cutler, Charlotte A. 
A1  - Cutler, Brian Halton 
T1  - Studies in the Cycloproparene Series:Reactivity of the 1<emph type="2">H</emph>-Cyclopropa[<emph type="2">b</emph>]naphthalenyl Anion.
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1997
VL  - 50
IS  - 4
SP  - 267
EP  - 270
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/C96100 
N2  - Proton abstraction from C1 of 1H-cyclopropa&#91;b&#93;naphthalene (1b) provides anion (2b) as a highly reactive species that is difficult to intercept in solution with simple electrophiles. The use of iodomethane, benzophenone and acetone leads to the corresponding monosubstituted cyclopropanaphthalene (7)&#8211;(9), but only in modest yields. The reaction with benzophenone provides a complementary but less convenient route to the methylidenecyclopropanaphthalene (5b; R&#8242; = R&#8242;&#8242; = Ph). Reactions of (2b) with benzyl halides, acid chlorides and esters have also been examined, but they do not provide simple substitution products. 
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