Cyclobutarenes. Part 3. Synthesis of bromodicyclobutarenes and some new derivatives of the benzocyclobutabiphenylenes
Abstract
Sodium iodide debromination of tetrakis- and hexakis-(dibromomethyl)carbocycles gives bromodicyclobutarenes and/or quinodimethanes, and o-bis(dibromomethyl)biphenylenes give cyclobutabiphenylene derivatives. Dehydrohalogenation of these compounds generates cyclobutadienoid intermediates, some reactions of which are described.