"The great escape" from antiaromaticity: reduction of strained pyrenes.
The two-electron reduction of strained pyrenes ([7](2,7)pyrenophanes) with lithium metal leads to the formation of a new sigma-bond as a means to "escape" strained antiaromaticity.
Aprahamian
Ivan
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Department of Organic Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
Bodwell
Graham J
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Fleming
James J
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Manning
Gregory P
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Mannion
Michael R
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Sheradsky
Tuvia
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Vermeij
Rudolf J
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Rabinovitz
Mordecai
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