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Reduction of π-Expanded Cyclooctatetraene with Lithium: Stabilization of the Tetra-Anion through Internal Li+ Coordination
Zhou, Zheng,Zhu, Yikun,Wei, Zheng,Bergner, John,Nei?, Christian,Doloczki, Susanne,G?rling, Andreas,Kivala, Milan,Petrukhina, Marina A.
, p. 3510 - 3514 (2021)
The chemical reduction of a π-expanded polycyclic framework comprising a cyclooctatetraene moiety, octaphenyltetrabenzocyclooctatetraene, with lithium metal readily affords the corresponding tetra-anion instead of the expected aromatic dianion. As reveale
