FLOW-VACUUM PYROLYSIS OF POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS .3. FLOW-VACUUM PYROLYSIS OF HYDRO-5,10-ETHANO-5H-DIBENZO[A,D]CYCLOHEPTEN-11-YL ACETATE AND OF ENDO-10,11-DIHYDRO-5,10-ETHANO-5H-DIBENZO [A,D] CYCLOHEPTEN-11-OL
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The flow-vacuum pyrolyses of title compounds 6 and 7 were examined at
1 Torr and various temperatures between 250-degrees (respectively 300-
degrees) and 650-degrees. From both pyrolyses the following hydrocarbo
ns were formed: 9,10-dihydro-9,10-propenoanthracene (1), 1, 1a, 1,6-me
thano-dibenzo[a,c]cyclo-propa[c]cycloheptene (2), 11,11a-dihydro-6aH-b
enzo[a]fluorene (3), 6,11-dihydro -5H-benzo [a]-fluorene (4), 11H-benz
o [a]fluorene (5) and anthracene. Besides these products the epimeric
exo-acetate 10 was formed in pyrolysis of endo-acetate 6 whereas from
pyrolysis of 7 important amounts of corresponding ketone 9 were obtain
ed. A radical mechanism is suggested.