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Benzocyclobutenes. Part 4. Synthesis of Benzocyclobutene-1,2-diones by Pyrolytic Methods
Gould, Ken J.,Hacker, Nigel P.,McOmie, John F. W.,Perry, David H.
, p. 1834 - 1840 (2007/10/02)
Oxidation of the cyclic hydrazides prepared from phthalic anhydrides in the presence of anthracene gives the corresponding Diels-Alder adducts which, on flash vacuum pyrolysis, give benzocyclobutene-1,2-dione (BBD) and its 4-chloro, 3,6- and 4,5-dichloro, 4,5-dibromo, and 4,5-dimethyl derivatives in 75-98percent yield.Cyclobuta- and cyclobuta-naphthalene-1,2-dione as well as cyclobuta- and cyclobuta-pyridine-1,2-dione have been prepared similarly; the last three of these diones are very unstable.Cyclobutanaphthalene-1,2-dione has also been made by pyrolysis of benzindene-1,2,3-trione.Attempts to make thiophen and furan analogues of BBD from appropriate anthracene adducts failed as did attempts to make tetrachloro- and tetrabromo-derivatives of BBD by the pyrolysis of tetrahalogenophthalimidosulphoximides.
