Tsefrikas Vikki M, Arns Steve, Merner Patrick M, Warford C Chad, Merner Bradley L, Scott Lawrence T, Bodwell Graham J
Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada AlB 3X7.
Org Lett. 2006 Nov 9;8(23):5195-8. doi: 10.1021/ol061554v.
[Structure: see text] Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 7,10-bis(2-bromophenyl)acenaphtho[1,2-d]pyridazine (C26H14Br2N2) has resulted in a surprising transformation, including dinitrogen loss, to give benzo[a]acecorannulene, a novel C26H12 bowl-shaped fullerene fragment.