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Bond Fixation in Annulenes. 13. Kinetic Analysis of Dynamic Behavior in Peripherally Crowded Cyclooctatetraenes. Probe of the Methyl/Phenyl Dichotomy in Tetrasubstituted Derivatives
Paquette, Leo A.,Hanzawa, Yuji,Hefferon, George J.,Blount, John F.
, p. 265 - 272 (2007/10/02)
1,4-Dimethyl-2,3-diphenyl- (5) and 1,6-dimethyl-7,8-diphenylcyclooctatetraenes (6) have been prepared and found to exist in equilibrium with relatively high concentrations of the respective valence isomeric bicyclooctatrienes 14 and 13.Whereas 6 is
