
%0 Journal Article
%A Cooney, MJ 
%A Halton, B 
%A Baumgarten, M 
%A Gherghel, L 
%T Studies in the Cycloproparene Series: Electron Transfer Induced Dimerizations of Cyclopropa[b]naphthalene
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1995/06/01
%V 48
%N 6
%P 1167-1174
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9951167
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9951167 
%X Attempts to characterize the radical anion from 1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalene (1) by conventional electron transfer techniques has led instead to detection of the pentacene radical anion (10)&#8226;- and the pentaphene analogue (11)&#8226;- by ENDOR spectroscopy. Reactions of (1) with potassium in tetrahydrofuran on a preparative scale depend upon the surface, and 6,13-dihydropentacene (8), 6,7-dihydropentaphene (9), pentacene (10), 2-methylnaphthalene (12) and 1,2-di(2&#8242;-naphthyl)ethane (13) are formed. 
