Concerning Pentalene, 2‐Methylpentalene, and 1,3‐Dimethylpentalene

Klaus Häfner, Reinhard Dönges, Ernst Goedecke, Reinhard P. Kaiser

Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1973 · 83 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

In the series of non-alternant bicyclic hydrocarbons, pentalene (1) has, unlike azulene (2)[¹] and heptalene (3)[²], withstood attempts at synthesis that have extended over decades[³].

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