Substituent Effect versus Aromaticity─ A Curious Case of Fulvene Derivatives

PA Wieczorkiewicz, KK Zborowski… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A computational study on amino-and nitro-substituted penta-and heptafulvenes reveals the
interplay between the aromaticity and the substituent effect (SE). Ring substitution alone has …

Elemental Magnesium as an Early Transition Metal Substitute: From Pentafulvene Coordination to Deprotonation of Amines

S de Graaff, M Schmidtmann… - Chemistry–A European …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The reaction of magnesium turnings and 6, 6‐di‐para‐tolylpentafulvene was investigated.
Under mild conditions, the magnesium dissolves, forming the MgII complex 1 with a π‐η5: σ …