Routes to highly substituted fulvenes and applications to organometallic synthesis, 1997

Wilson, Gayla R.

1990-1999

The goal of the research presented was to develop a high yielding method for the preparation of a tetrasubstituted fulvene and to prepare a ferrocene complex incorporating a new tetrasubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand prepared from the fulvene. By modifying the procedure of Conia, the preparation of 3,4-dimethylcyclopent-2-enone was attempted. 3 ,4-dimethylcyclopent-2-enone was treated with MeLi and [(Ph)3P=CH(Ph)2)] in order to synthesize diphenylmethylene-2,3-dimethylcyclopent-2-ene. The synthesis was not successful after several different modifications. Diphenylmethylene-2,3 -dimethylcyclopent-2-ene was to be treated with bromine, followed by triethylamine to give 3,4-dimethyl-6,6-diphenyl fulvene.

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1997-05-01

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Master of Science (MS)

Clark Atlanta University

School of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry

Khan, Ishrat

Clark Atlanta University

Georgia--Atlanta

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1997_wilson_gayla_r