Concerning the 1,5-didehydro[10]annulene system

1 January 1971

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 23,p. 1516-1517
https://doi.org/10.1039/c29710001516

Abstract

Attempted syntheses of 1,5-didehydro[10]annulene derivatives led to an intriguing isomerization which shows that any thermodynamic stability associated with this 10π-electron system is at most comparable to that associated with benzene.

Keywords

DIDEHYDRO
ANNULENE
ISOMERIZATION
10Π
BENZENE
THERMODYNAMIC
INTRIGUING
ATTEMPTED SYNTHESES