- Acephenanthrylenes from flash vacuum thermolysis of diarylmethylidenecycloproparenes
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Upon flash vacuum thermolysis at 750°C fluorenylidenecyclopropa[b] naphthalene (1) undergoes opening of the three-membered ring and rearrangement to give a range of C24H14 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Dibenz[e.l]- and -[e.k]acephenanthrylene (7) and (12), respectively, have been identified while the plausible naphth[1,2-e]- and [2,3-e]acephenanthrylenes (9) and (14) were not detected. With diphenylmethylidenecyclopropa[b]naphthalene (2) cyclodehydrogenation and rearrangement also provide C24H14 polycycles; dibenz[e.k]acephenanthrylene (12) is identified and dibenz[a.e]aceanthrylene (15) is a proposed product.
- Halton, Brian
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p. 1077 - 1079
(2007/10/03)
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- Policyclic Fluoranthene Hydrocarbons. 2. A New General Synthesis
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A novel and efficient synthetic approach to policyclic fluoranthene hydrocarbons is described.The method entails fusion of an indeno ring to an appropriate alternant hydrocarbon via reaction of its aryllithium derivative with cyclohexene oxide, followed by oxidation, cyclodehydration, and aromatization.Cyclization of the cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol derivatives of the policyclic aromatic ring systems studied proceeds with high regioselectivity, and the direction of ring closure is predictable by molecular orbital methods.This synthetic approach provides a convenient general route to polyaromatic fluoranthene compounds, including potentially carcinogenic members of this class.Hydrocarbons synthesized by this method include benzacephenanthrylene (1), indenopyrene (2), indenochrysene (3), benzindenochrysene (4), fluorenochrysene (5), dibenzaceanthrylene (6), dibenzaceanthrylene (7), benzaceanthrylene (8), benzindenochrysene (9), fluorenochrysene (10), and dibenzacephenanthrylene (11).
- Cho, Bongsup P.,Harvey, Ronald G.
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p. 5668 - 5678
(2007/10/02)
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