A m-benzyne to o-benzyne conversion through a 1,2-shift of a phenyl group

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Blake, ME [1 ]
Bartlett, KL [1 ]
Jones, M [1 ]
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[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
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10.1021/ja0213672
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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Pyrolysis of two differently labeled versions of 3-phenylphthalic anhydride shows that a m-benzyne can form the related o-benzyne through shift of a phenyl group. The highest energy point in the process is the transition structure for a reverse carbon-hydrogen insertion in an intermediate benzopentalene. With the minor addition of an intermediate alkyne formed through a Roger Brown rearrangement, the original mechanism for formation of acenaphthalene accommodates the labeling results.
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