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US 3,941,809 AGranted
Technique for preparation of fulvalenes
AssigneeBell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
InventorsMartin Louis Kaplan, Fred Wudl
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Abstract
A technique for preparing a wide range of fulvalenes by a reductive procedure is described. The procedure involves reducing an organic halide to its corresponding partially hydrogenated derivative which is reacted with fluoboric acid to yield a fluoborate. Deprotonation of the fluoborate yields the desired compound. The described technique maximizes the yield and quality of fulvalenes produced and permits the preparation of thia, selena and tellura fulvalenes.
Claims4
Method for the preparation of a fulvalene which comprises the steps of
- a. reducing an organic halide of the general formula ##SPC6##
- with a reducing agent selected from the alkali and alkaline earth metal borohydrides at a temperature less than 15.degree.C. wherein X is selected from the group consisting of sulfur, selenium and tellurium, Y is selected from the group consisting of sulfur and selenium, n is an integer from 0-4 and Z if a halogen atom, so resulting in the formation of the corresponding partially hydrogenated compound ##SPC7##
- b. reacting the partially hydrogenated derivative with fluorboric acid to yield the corresponding fluoborate derivative, and
- c. deprotonating the fluoborate derivative with an alkyl tertiary amine to yield the fulvalene.
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