
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cooney, MJ 
A1  - Halton, B 
A1  - Baumgarten, M 
A1  - Gherghel, L 
T1  - Studies in the Cycloproparene Series: Electron Transfer Induced Dimerizations of Cyclopropa[b]naphthalene
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1995
VL  - 48
IS  - 6
SP  - 1167
EP  - 1174
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9951167 
N2  - 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. 
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