Pyrolytic Study of 6-Phenylfulvene and Its Derivatives

by Lin, Fang-Ying

Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of cyclopenta-2,4-dienylidenemethylbenzene gave acenaphthylene¡Bacenaphthene and dimer¡G5a,5b,11b,11c-tetrahydrocyclobuta[1",2":3,4;4",3":3',4']dicyclopenta[1,2-a:1',2'-a']diindene¡CPyrolysis of 1-bromo-4-cyclopenta-2,4-dienylidenemethylbenzene gave acenaphthene¡Bdimer¡B5-bromoacenaphthylene and 5-bromoacenaphthene¡CPyrolysis of 2-cyclopenta-2,4-dienylidenemethyl-3-methylthiophene gave 5H-1-thia-s-indacene and 7H-1-thia-s-indacene¡Aand naphthalene¡CPyrolysis of 2-inden-1-ylidene-methyl-3-methylthiophene gave 5H-1-thiacyclopenta[b]fluorene and unidentified products¡C