Abstract: A series of diverse, but representative, reactions of bicyclo [2.2. 0] hexa-2, 5-diene (Dewar benzene)(1) have been carried out. These reactions include the conversion of 1 to (1) dibromides 13 and 14, as well as two tetrabromides, by appropriate amounts of molecular bromine,(2) monoepoxide 20, by m-chloroperbenzoic acid,(3) tetrol24, by osmium tetroxide, followed by reduction of the osmate ester,(4) the PdClz coordination compound ...
