“The Great Escape” from Antiaromaticity: Reduction of Strained Pyrenes
Ivan Aprahamian
Graham J. Bodwell
James J. Fleming
Gregory P. Manning
Michael R. Mannion
Tuvia Sheradsky
Rudolf J. Vermeij
Mordecai Rabinovitz
10.1021/ja0291991.s048
https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/_The_Great_Escape_from_Antiaromaticity_Reduction_of_Strained_Pyrenes/3647649
The two-electron reduction of strained pyrenes ([7](2,7)pyrenophanes) with lithium metal leads to the formation of a new σ-bond as a means to “escape” strained antiaromaticity.
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