- Fulvene
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IUPACName=Fulvene
OtherNames=5-Methylene-1,3-cyclopentadiene
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CASNo=497-20-1
PubChem=136323
SMILES=C=C1C=CC=C1
Section2=Chembox Properties
Formula=C6H6
MolarMass=78.11 g/mol
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Autoignition=Fulvene is one of several
hydrocarbon s with the same formula asbenzene , C6H6. Fulvenes include the derivatives of this simple hydrocarbon, which itself is rarely encountered. [cite journal
author = Bergmann, E. D.
title = Fulvenes and Substituted Fulvenes
journal =Chemical Reviews
volume = 68
pages = 41–84
year = 1968
doi = 10.1021/cr60251a002] Thiele is credited with discovering the scope of the reaction betweencyclopentadiene andaldehyde s andketone s that affords the brightly coloured fulvene derivatives. [cite journal
author = Thiele, J.
title = Ueber Ketonreactionen bei dem Cyclopentadiën
journal =Chemische Berichte
volume = 33
pages = 666–673
year = 1900
doi = /10.1002/cber.190003301113] Most fulvenes are prepared by the reactions starting from cyclopentadiene or sodium cyclopentadienyl. [cite journal
author = Hafner, K.; Vöpel, K. H.; Ploss, G.; König, C.
title = 6-(Dimethylamino)fulvene
journal = Organic Syntheses Coll. Vol.
volume = 5
pages = 431
year = 1973
url = http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV5P0431.pdf]2,3,4,5-Tetramethylfulvene, abbreviated Me4Fv, is a relatively common ligand in
organometallic chemistry . It typically results from the deprotonation of cationicpentamethylcyclopentadienyl complexes. [cite journal
author = Kreindlin, A. Z.; Rybinskaya, M. A.
title = Cationic and Neutral Transition Metal Complexes with a Tetramethylfulvene or Trimethylallyldiene Ligand
journal = Russian Chemical Reviews
volume = 73
pages = 417–432
year = 2004
doi = 10.1070/RC2004v073n05ABEH000842]References
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