An electrochemical and spectrophotometric study of the reduction of some 9-substituted fluorenes in dimethylformamide

A Lagu, HB Mark Jr, JR Jezorek

Index: Lagu,A. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1977 , vol. 42, p. 1063 - 1067

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Abstract

Electrochemical and spectrophotometric results for the electrode reduction in DMF of the nonalternant hydrocarbon fluorene substituted at one 9 position by a methyl, phenyl, or benzyl group indicate that the radical anion originally produced decomposes to the fluorenyl anion and hydrogen. In the presence of proton donor the parent species is regenerated. If the second 9 position is substituted by a benzyl group the radical anion again yields the ...