The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Comparisons of the inden-1-yl, fluoren-9-yl, and cycloprop [2, 3] inden-1-yl cations

EC Friedrich, DB Taggart

Index: Friedrich,E.C.; Taggart,D.B. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1978 , vol. 43, # 5 p. 805 - 808

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Citation Number: 30

Abstract

The first-order rate constants for hydrolysis of the inden-1-yl and fluoren-9-yl3, 5- dinitrobenzoates in 80% aque-ous acetone at 80" C have been indirectly determined. By comparison with kinetic data for hydrolysis of suitable model compounds under similar conditions, these can be estimated to be approximately 10"-and 108-fold, respectively, retarded in rate by the presence of destabilizing antiaromatic effects in their rate- ...