Dinitrenes from o-Diazides. Synthesis of 1, 4-Dicyano-1, 3-butadienes

JH Hall

Index: Hall,J.H. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1965 , vol. 87, p. 1147 - 1148

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Abstract

I I1 I11 check this possibility, o-diazidobenzene was allowed to decompose in hexadecane solution containing anthracene. If benzyne is formed in the decomposition, it should be trapped by its Diels-Alder reaction with anthracene to give tryptycene. 2 However, when the reaction was worked up no tryptycene could be isolated. Instead the reaction yielded recovered anthracene and two colorless solids with melting points of 187O (A) and 129"(B ...