Journal of the American Chemical Society

Trimethylenemethane, C (CH2) 3

RG Doerr, PS Skell

Index: Doerr,R.G.; Skell,P.S. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1967 , vol. 89, p. 3062 - 3064

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Abstract

Methylenecyclopropane could result from (1) initial production of singlet trimethylenemethane or (2) ring closure of the triplet species with spin relaxation by contact with an alkali metal atom or a surface. In contrast to the behavior of trimethylenemethane, the corresponding saturated diradical VI, formed from the reaction of 1, 3-diiodo-2- methylpropane (V) with alkali metal vapor at 227-228 O, gives methylcyclopropane, ...