Electrocyclic reactions. Part 12. 1,5-Diphenyl-[2,3,4-2H3] pentadienide anion in the caglioti reaction
Abstract
A study, made by g.l.c.–mass spectrometry with appropriate deuterium labelling, of the Caglioti reaction applied to the toluene-p-sulphonohydrazide (6), has provided evidence supporting the mechanism, previously proposed, of the conversion of the 1,5-diphenylpentadienide anion, as (4), into 1,5-diphenylcyclopent-1-ene as (10).