489. The tropylium ion. Part IV. Conversion of cyclohepta-2, 4, 6-trienecarboxylic acid into tropylium salts

MJS Dewar, CR Ganellin

Index: Dewar; Ganellin Journal of the Chemical Society, 1954 , p. 2438,2440

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Abstract

OXIDATION of cyclohepta-2, 4, 6-trienecarboxylic acid (I; R= C0, H) into the tropylium cation, reported in Part III, l suggests that this acid should be readily decarboxylated or decarbonylated to yield tropylium salts directly; several methods for effecting such a