Journal of the American Chemical Society

Characterization of matrix-isolated antiaromatic three-membered heterocycles. Preparation of the elusive thiirene molecule

A Krantz, J Laureni

Index: Krantz, A.; Laureni, J. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1981 , vol. 103, # 3 p. 486 - 496

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Citation Number: 63

Abstract

Abstract: The preparation and characterization of thiirene (4), a heterocyclic analogue of cyclobutadiene (l), which is derived from the photolysis of 1, 2, 3-thiadiazole (5), is described. The methodology exploits the C, symmetry of the species 4 and utilizes isotopic labeling to aid in the characterization and narrow band-pass filters to protect thiirene from reaction with light of X> 2700 A, when it is generated photochemically. The evidence for 4 ...