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Convenient Synthesis of Some Functionalized Dewar Benzenes and Effect of Chlorine Substitution on the Rates of Their Aromatization
Tsuji, Takashi,Watanabe, Harumi,Tanaka, Jun,Inada, Mari,Nishida, Shinya
, p. 1193 - 1196 (2007/10/02)
1,4-Bis(hydroxymethyl) Dewar benzenes were prepared in five steps from dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate in ca. 10percent overall yield and rates of their aromatization were measured: dichloro substitution at both the 2,5- and 2,6-positions led to substantial deceleration of the isomerization.
