PMID- 26086716 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150922 LR - 20150718 IS - 1520-6904 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3263 (Linking) VI - 80 IP - 14 DP - 2015 Jul 17 TI - C15H10 and C15H12 Thermal Chemistry: Phenanthrylcarbene Isomers and Phenylindenes by Falling Solid Flash Vacuum Pyrolysis of Tetrazoles. PG - 7144-9 LID - 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01007 [doi] AB - 2-Phenyl-5-(phenylethynyl)tetrazole 44 provides a new entry to the C15H10 energy surface. Flash vacuum pyrolysis of 44 using the falling solid flash vacuum pyrolysis (FS-FVP) method afforded cyclopenta[def]phenanthrene 31 and cyclopenta[jk]fluorene 52 as the principal products. The products are explained in terms of the formation of N-phenyl-C-phenylethynylnitrile imine/(phenylazo)(phenylethynyl)carbene 45 and its cyclization to 3-(phenylethynyl)-3H-indazole 46b. Pyrolytic loss of N2 from 46b generates C15H10 intermediate 48. Cyclization of 48 to a dibenzocycloheptatetraene derivative and further rearrangements with analogies in the chemistry of phenylcarbene and the naphthylcarbenes leads to the final products. Similar pyrolysis of 2-phenyl-5-styryltetrazole 43 afforded 3-styrylindazole 58, which on further pyrolysis eliminated N2 to generate 3- and 2-phenylindenes 61 and 62 via C15H12 intermediates. FAU - Wentrup, Curt AU - Wentrup C AD - daggerFachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universitat Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany. AD - double daggerSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. FAU - Becker, Jurgen AU - Becker J AD - daggerFachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universitat Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany. FAU - Diehl, Manfred AU - Diehl M AD - daggerFachbereich Chemie der Philipps-Universitat Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150626 PL - United States TA - J Org Chem JT - The Journal of organic chemistry JID - 2985193R EDAT- 2015/06/19 06:00 MHDA- 2015/06/19 06:01 CRDT- 2015/06/19 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/06/19 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Org Chem. 2015 Jul 17;80(14):7144-9. doi: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01007. Epub 2015 Jun 26.