A Convenient Synthetic Route to Benz[cd]azulenes: Versatile Ligands with the Potential To Bind Metals in an η5, η6, or η7 Fashion Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • AbstractA facile method for preparing the 2H‐benz[cd]azulene system, based upon an elaboration of the guaiazulene framework, is presented. Aerial oxidation to the corresponding 8‐(2‐propylidene)‐benz[cd]azulene, and also cycloaddition reactions with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE), are described. The first X‐ray crystal structure of a 2H‐benz[cd]azulene, as an η6‐coordinated Cr(CO)3 complex, is reported.

publication date

  • November 5, 2004