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ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis and Reduction of Silyl-Substituted [5]Radialene. Characterization and Structure of a [5]Radialene Tetraanion with a Ten-Center, Fourteen-Electron π-System.
First published: 31 May 2010
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The first synthesis of radialene derivative (IV) by cyclopentamerization of acetylene units is reported. Reaction of (IV) with lithium metal in THF gives the tetralithium salt of (IV), a novel ten-centre, fourteen-electron π-system.
