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Novel Syntheses of Decacyclene by Deoxygenating Cyclotrimerisation of Acenaphthenequinone with Zero-valent Titanium or Phosphorus Pentasulfide
Zimmermann, Klaus,Haenel, Matthias W.
, p. 609 - 611 (1997)
Decacyclene (2) was obtained in 15-21% yield by reaction of acenaphthenequinone (6) with bis(η6-biphenyl)titanium(0) (9) in toluene or diglyme at 110°C and in 18% yield by reaction of 6 with phosphorus pentasulfide in boiling toluene. The new reactions are used to attempt the conversion of 3,8-dibromoacenaphthenequinone (7) to 3,4,9,10,15,16-hexabromodecacyclene (3) which is considered to serve as a suitable precursor for the bowl-shaped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C 36H12 (1).