
%0 Journal Article
%A Cooney, MJ 
%A Halton, B 
%T Studies in the Cycloproparene Series: 3,8-Dioxa-1H-cyclopropa[b]anthracene
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1996/04/01
%V 49
%N 4
%P 533-538
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9960533
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9960533 
%X The application of known methodology has provided 2,3-dimethylidene-2,3-dihydro-1,4-benzodioxin (12) as the essential precursor for preparation of the cyclopropa-fused dibenzodioxin 3,8-dioxa-1H-cyclopropa [b] anthracene (14). Cycloproparene (14) is both unstable and acid-sensitive, and readily dimerizes to a mixture of the dihydrotetraoxaheptacene (15) and its heptaphene analogue (16). 
