The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Synthesis and Structural Properties of Two Biscyclopropenes

TD Golobish, WP Dailey

Index: Golobish, Thomas D.; Dailey, William P. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 60, # 24 p. 7865 - 7869

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Citation Number: 5

Abstract

The synthesis of two biscyclopropenes, 1 and 2, are described. Both compounds are moderately sensitive to oxygen and Lewis acids. The conformational properties of 1 were examined by dynamic lH NMR spectroscopy. The structure of 2 was determined by low- temperature X-ray crystallography. Ab initio calculations successfully reproduce the structure for 2 and the conformational properties of 1.