
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Banciu, Mircea D. 
A1  - Brown, Roger F. C. 
A1  - Coulston, Karen J. 
A1  - Eastwood, Frank W. 
A1  - Macrae, Tamara 
T1  - Pyrolytic Electrocyclization of Arylmethylidene Derivatives of Glutacononitrile; Synthesis of Dihydroaromatic 1,3-Dinitriles
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1998
VL  - 51
IS  - 8
SP  - 695
EP  - 702
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/C98040 
N2  - Condensation of seven aromatic aldehydes (1a&#8211;g) with glutacononitrile (2) gave 4-(arylmethylidene)pent-2-enedinitriles (3a&#8211;g). Flash vacuum pyrolysis of the dinitriles (3a&#8211;g) at 750&#176;/0&#183; 02&#8211;0&#183;03 mm gives annulated dihydroaromatic 1,3-dicarbonitriles by electrocyclic ring closure of (3). Fully aromatized products formed by secondary loss of H2 or HCN are also obtained. 
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