Chemical behavior of o-bis (phenylethynyl) benzene toward some electrophilic and nucleophilic reagents

HW Whitlock Jr, PE Sandvick, LE Overman…

Index: Whitlock,H.W. et al. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1969 , vol. 34, # 4 p. 879 - 886

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Abstract

As a probe into the types of interaction possible between adjacent triple bonds of the above type, we have investigated the behavior of o-bis (phenylethynyl) benzene (1) toward a variety of reagents whose gross mechanistic behavior is fairly well understood. Miiller and coworkers have recently reported preparation of some metal complexes of 1 and some observations of its behavior on irradiati~ n.~-~ Interaction of the triple bonds in 1 ...