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Synthesis of Dipleiadiene by “Serendipity”
Author(s) -
Vogel Emanuel,
Neumann Brigitte,
Klug Wolfgang,
Schmickler Hans,
Lex Johann
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198510461
Subject(s) - serendipity , naphthalene , annulene , chemistry , stereochemistry , philosophy , epistemology , organic chemistry
A “Perturbed [16]annulene” —this is one way to view the much discussed dipleiadiene, 1 , which has finally been obtained in the course of an investigation having an entirely different goal. Although 1 is formally a naphthalene that is peri ‐bridged by butadiene structural units, it exhibits pronounced paratropism.