Nm. Kolyadina et al., HYDROGENATION OF 9-PYRIDYLMETHYLENE(AZA)FLUORENES AND 9-BENZYLIDENE(AZA)FLUORENES IN THE PRESENCE OF RHENIUM HEPTASULFIDE, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(1), 1996, pp. 171-173
Hydrogenation of 9-pyridylmethylene(aza)fluorenes and 9-benzylidene-4-
azafluorene at 250 degrees C and p(H2) = 130 atm in the presence of Re
2S7 as a catalyst occurs preferably at the exocyclic double bond of th
e fulvene fragment to yield pyridyl-9-(aza)fluorenylmethanes.