## Abstract It is shown that dimethyl heptalene‐1,2‐dicarboxylates undergo rearrangements at temperatures > 200° to yield the corresponding 1,3‐dicarboxylates, which are isolated as the more stable 3,5‐dicarboxylates. ^2^H‐ and ^13^C‐labelling experiments with dimethyl 7‐isopropyl‐5,10‐dimethylhept
The Dianion of Heptalene
✍ Scribed by Jean F. M. Oth; Klaus Müllen; Heinrich Königshofen; Jürgen Wassen; Emanuel Vogel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 646 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-019X
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Heptalene – a very unstable compound – can be reduced by lithium at −80° into its dianion. ^1^H‐ and ^13^C‐NMR. studies indicate that this dianion, contrary to the neutral molecule, has its π‐bonds delocalized. The magnetic field induces in this species a large diamagnetic ring current. The dianion of heptalene is thermally very stable, much more so than the neutral compound. All these observations point to an appreciable stabilization energy associated with the 14°‐electron system; this stabilization energy is probably large enough to impose a planar geometry to this dianion.
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