
%0 Journal Article
%A Brown, RFC 
%A Eastwood, FW 
%A Smith, CJ 
%T Pyrolytic Generation of Aryne and Exocyclic Carbene Species: Trapping by an Adjacent o-Tolyl Group
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1992/08/01
%V 45
%N 8
%P 1315-1320
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9921315
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9921315 
%X Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 2'-methylbiphenyl-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (3-o-tolylphthalic anhydride) at 860&#176;/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. 
