
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Goh, SH 
A1  - Chan, KC 
A1  - Chong, HL 
T1  - Dicarbenes. Dicarbenoid species from the reaction of 1,3-Bis(diazomethyl)benzene with zinc halides
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1976
VL  - 29
IS  - 8
SP  - 1699
EP  - 1703
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9761699 
N2  - The reaction of 1,3-bis(diazomethy1)benzene with zinc halides in diethyl ether and tetrahydrofuran gave dicarbenoid intermediates which could be trapped by olefins to give moderate yields of dicyclopropylderivatives. Insertion into a-C-H bonds of the ethereal solvents occurs in the absence of olefins. The dicarbenoid species m-C6H4(CHIZnI)2 in tetrahydrofuran was found to have a half-life of about 4h at 0°C. 
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