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Automerization of pyrene a test for the mechanism of naphthalene automerization

  • Lawrence T. Scott*
  • , Mark A. Kirms
  • , Arne Berg
  • , Poul E. Hansen
  • *Corresponding author

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Abstract

A 13C-labeling experiment has revealed the scrabling or carbon atoms in pyrene at hight temperature (eq 3); comparison between the rate of this process and the rate of naphtalene automerization (eq 1) provides evidence against one plausible mechanism for the latter reaction.
Original languageEnglish
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume23
Issue number18
Pages (from-to)1859-1862
Number of pages4
ISSN0040-4039
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1982
Externally publishedYes

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