
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Brown, RFC 
A1  - Eastwood, FW 
A1  - Smith, CJ 
T1  - Pyrolytic Generation of Aryne and Exocyclic Carbene Species: Trapping by an Adjacent o-Tolyl Group
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1992
VL  - 45
IS  - 8
SP  - 1315
EP  - 1320
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9921315 
N2  - 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. 
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