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Pure Appl. Chem., 2010, Vol. 82, No. 4, pp. 871-878

http://dx.doi.org/10.1351/PAC-CON-09-10-12

Published online 2010-03-10

Tetradehydrodinaphtho[10]annulene and its transformation into zethrene: A hitherto unknown dehydroannulene and a forgotten aromatic hydrocarbon

Rui Umeda, Daijiro Hibi, Koji Miki and Yoshito Tobe*

Division of Frontier Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan

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