“The Great Escape” from Antiaromaticity: Reduction of Strained Pyrenes
journal contribution
posted on 2003-01-25, 00:00 authored by Ivan Aprahamian, Graham J. Bodwell, James J. Fleming, Gregory P. Manning, Michael R. Mannion, Tuvia Sheradsky, Rudolf J. Vermeij, Mordecai RabinovitzThe 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.
