Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The reaction of 2,4-di-t-butyl-cyclopentadiene-1-carbaldehyde with oxalyl chloride or oxalyl bromide provides stable 6-chloro- and 6-bromo-pentafulvenes, respectively. Several nucleophilic displacement reactions of the new compounds are described. ... 11 can be obtained from lithium t-butyl- ...