Preparative Methodology and Pyrolytic Behavior of Anthrylmonocarbenes: Synthesis and Chemistry of 1 H-Cyclobuta [de] anthracene

JK Kendall, TA Engler, H Shechter

Index: Kendall, J. Kirby; Engler, Thomas A.; Shechter, Harold Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 64, # 12 p. 4255 - 4266

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Abstract

This study involves (1) the behavior of organolithium reagents (1-6),(2) development of efficient methods for preparing 9 (7)-and 1 (8)-[methoxy (trimethylsilyl) methyl] anthracenes and their analogues,(3) the intramolecular chemistry of the 9 (9)-and 1 (10)-anthrylcarbenes generated by pyrolyses of 7 and 8, respectively, and (4) investigation of thermal behavior and bromination of the 1 H-cyclobuta [de] anthracene (11) obtained from 9 or 10. α- ...