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GENERATION OF AZULENE RADICAL CATION FROM ARYLALKYNES
Cooksey, Christopher J.,Courtneidge, John L.,Davies, Alwyn G.,Gregory, Peter S.,Evans, Jeffrey C.,Rowlands, Christopher C.
, p. 807 - 814 (2007/10/02)
If a diarylalkyne 4-XC6H4CCR (R=Ph, 4-MeC6H4, or 4-ButC6H4) or 1-phenylpropyne in trifluoroacatic acid containing mercury(II) trifluoroacetate is irradiated with u.v. light filtered through Pyrex glass, the e.s.r. spectrum of the corresponding azulene can be obsreved.The azulenes have been isolated and converted back into their radical cations by irradiation in trifluoroacetic acid, or in dichloromethane containing (4-BrC6H4)3N+. or (2,4-Br2C6H3)3N+..Possible mechanisms by which the azulenes are formed the alkynes are discussed.
Hydrogenation Reactions of Some Spool-Shaped Acetylenes
Han, G. Y.,Han, P. F.,Perkins, J.,McBay, H. C.
, p. 4695 - 4700 (2007/10/02)
The spool-shaped acetylenes bis(p-isopropylphenyl)acetylene (1a) and bis(p-tert-butylphenyl)acetylene (1b) have been synthesized and rigorously characterized.Their hydrogenation reactions have been studied.These acetylenes add hydrogen smoothly in solution, but at low pressures they do not add hydrogen on the metallic catalysts platinum, palladium, and nickel.This anomaly is explained in terms of the postulate that the isopropyl and tertiary butyl groups prevent the CC group from resting flatly upon the catalyst.The simple structure of these molecules provides a crude estimate of the minimum critical distance of approach of the unsaturated moiety of the molecule to the surface of the metallic catalyst for effective hydrogenation.
