DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03231k ISSN:
Gas-plhase preparation of azulene (C10H8) and naphthalene (C10H8) via the reaction of the resonantly stabilized fulvenallenyl and propargyl radicals
Wang Li, Jiuzhong Yang, Long Zhao, David Couch, Myrsini San Marchi, Nils Hansen, Alexander N. Morozov, Alexander M. Mebel, Ralf I. Kaiser- General Chemistry
The gas-phase reaction of two resonantly stabilized radicals synthesizes the 10π Hückel aromatic azulene and naphthalene – which can be embedded into saddle-shaped carbonaceous nanostructures exhibiting positive and negative curvatures.