An unexpected compound, 1, 3-di (2-fluorenyl)-1-butene, was formed as the major product, accompanied by meso-and dl-2, 3-di (2-fluorenyl) butane as the minor products, in the reaction of 2-(1-bromoethyl) fluorene with silver powder. The structure of the butene was confirmed to be the E form by a comparison of the UV spectra of the related compounds.
[Minabe, Masahiro; Yamazaki, Ayumi; Imai, Toshinobu; Takanezawa, Takumi; Karikomi, Michinori Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2006 , vol. 79, # 11 p. 1758 - 1765]
[Minabe, Masahiro; Yamazaki, Ayumi; Imai, Toshinobu; Takanezawa, Takumi; Karikomi, Michinori Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2006 , vol. 79, # 11 p. 1758 - 1765]
