Evidence for the formation of a new five-membered ring cyclic allene: Generation of 1-cyclopenta-1,2-dien-1-ylbenzene

Ceylan M., Yalcin S., Secen H., Sutbeyaz Y., Balci M.

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH, no.1, pp.21-23, 2003 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2003
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH
  • Page Numbers: pp.21-23
  • Keywords: cyclic allenes, elimination, radicals and radical reactions

Abstract

Treatment of 1-(2-iodocyclopent-1-en-1-yl)benzene (13), dissolved in benzene, with potassium t-butoxide resulted in the formation of 1-(2-phenylcyclopent-1-en-1-yl) benzene (15) and 1-cyclopent-l-en-1-ylbenzene (5) in a ratio of 1:1.