Issue 0, 1980

Benzocyclobutenes. Part 4. Synthesis of benzocyclobutene-1,2-diones by pyrolytic methods

Abstract

Oxidation of the cyclic hydrazides prepared from phthalic anhydrides in the presence of anthracene gives the corresponding Diels-Alder adducts which, on flash vacuum pyrolysis, give benzocyclobutene-1,2-dione (BBD) and its 4-chloro, 3,6- and 4,5-dichloro, 4,5-dibromo, and 4,5-dimethyl derivatives in 75–98% yield. Cyclobuta[b] and cyclobuta[a]-naphthalene-1,2-dione as well as cyclobuta[b]- and cyclobuta[a]-pyridine-1,2-dione have been prepared similarly; the last three of these diones are very unstable. Cyclobuta[b]naphthalene-1,2-dione has also been made by pyrolysis of benz[f]indene-1,2,3-trione. Attempts to make thiophen and furan analogues of BBD from appropriate anthracene adducts failed as did attempts to make tetrachloro- and tetrabromo-derivatives of BBD by the pyrolysis of tetrahalogenophthalimidosulphoximides.

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J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1980, 1834-1840

Benzocyclobutenes. Part 4. Synthesis of benzocyclobutene-1,2-diones by pyrolytic methods

K. J. Gould, N. P. Hacker, J. F. W. McOmie and D. H. Perry, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, 1980, 1834 DOI: 10.1039/P19800001834

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