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It is sometimes incorrectly claimed that Dewar proposed his structure as the true structure of benzene. In fact, Dewar merely wrote the structure as one of seven possible isomers and believed that his experiments on benzene supported the (correct) structure that had been proposed by
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contributors, the two Kekulé structures. The three possible Dewar structures were considered as minor resonance contributors in the overall description of benzene, alongside other classic structures such as the isomers
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results in the formation of a pentamethylcyclopentadiene complex, , indicating that the rhodium and iridium metal centres are necessary for the step in which the aromatic anion is formed.
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of about 0.54; it follows that the total bond order for the apical carbon is 5 × 0.54 + 1 = 3.7 < 4, and thus the species is not
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discussed the dication, noting that the weak bonds forming the upright edges of the pyramid, shown as dashed lines in the structure he drew, have a Wiberg
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Unlike benzene, Dewar benzene is not flat because the carbons where the rings join are bonded to four atoms rather than three. These carbons tend toward
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structures in 1869. However, he did not propose it as the structure of benzene, and in fact he supported the correct structure previously proposed by
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Hogeveen, Hepke; Kwant, Peter W. (1975). "Pyramidal mono- and dications. Bridge between organic and organometallic chemistry".
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Hogeveen, Hepke; Kwant, Peter W.; Postma, J.; van Duynen, P. Th. (1974). "Electronic spectra of pyramidal dications, (CCH
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Hogeveen, Hepke; Kwant, Peter W. (1973). "Direct observation of a remarkably stable dication of unusual structure: (CCH
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CPBA or peroxybenzoic acid), the epoxy product quickly rearranges, catalyzed by the acid byproduct of the epoxidation.
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Hogeveen, Hepke; Kwant, Peter W. (1974). "Chemistry and spectroscopy in strongly acidic solutions. XL. (CCH
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Using DMDO gives the epoxide as a stable product—the byproduct of the epoxidation is neutral
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anion (six-electron donor) and a methyl anion (two-electron donor), thereby satisfying the
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Seven possible isomers proposed by Dewar, with "Dewar benzene" in second row, right.
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dimers; consequently, it can be used as a starting material for synthesising some
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on the metal. Thus, while unprecedented, and having attracted comment in
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of two days. This thermal conversion is relatively slow because it is
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
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in 1928, benzene was described primarily using its two major
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to each other. The compound has nevertheless considerable
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The compound itself was first synthesized in 1962 as a
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who included this structure in a list of possible C
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The compound is named after 1: 1858:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)85041-X 1714:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)92161-6 1582:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)96023-X 1546:10.1016/S0040-4039(99)02113-9 1181:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)89761-0 636:dication of hexamethylbenzene 569:from hexamethyl Dewar benzene 304:78.1 g·mol 1313:Kang, Jung W.; Moseley, K.; 817:bound to a zinc(II) centre ( 351:with the molecular formula C 798:pentamethylcyclopentadienyl 549:pentamethylcyclopentadienyl 464:"Dewar benzene" and benzene 439:-1,2-dihydro derivative of 2066: 1151:, vol. 7, p. 256 1125:"Hexamethyl Dewar Benzene" 676:on the Hogeveen and Kwant 1486:, vol. 6, p. 39 1345:Kang, J. W.; Mosley, K.; 951:Jensen, James O. (2004). 896:10.1017/S0370164600045387 536:can be added to form the 532:to which the appropriate 484:After the development of 308: 273: 253: 218: 68: 56: 51: 42: 21: 1735:, an unusual dication". 1515:10.1002/cber.19671000807 1478:10.15227/orgsyn.056.0001 1143:10.15227/orgsyn.061.0062 958:J. Mol. Struct.:THEOCHEM 684:salt published in 2016. 552:organometallic compounds 514:Hexamethyl Dewar benzene 509:Hexamethyl Dewar benzene 379:Structure and properties 791:) bound to an aromatic 1635:10.1002/anie.201608795 1604:Malischewski, Moritz; 1212:10.1002/anie.196804672 1102:10.1002/anie.200705775 1054:van Tamelen, Eugene E. 1023:van Tamelen, Eugene E. 985:van Tamelen, Eugene E. 691: 631: 611: 570: 526:rearrangement reaction 473: 1881:John Wiley & Sons 1623:Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1200:Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1090:Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 690: 630: 610: 564: 471: 338:bicyclohexa-2,5-diene 62:Bicyclohexa-2,5-diene 1769:(January 17, 2017). 1708:(49–50): 4351–4354. 1434:. pp. 147–148. 1361:10.1039/C19680001304 1292:. pp. 116–117. 1253:. pp. 148–149. 884:Proc. R. Soc. Edinb. 828:) and satisfies the 682:hexafluoroantimonate 385:tetrahedral geometry 58:Preferred IUPAC name 1846:J. Organomet. 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Index

Skeletal formula
cyclobutene
obtuse angle
Ball-and-stick model
Preferred IUPAC name
CAS Number
5649-95-6
JSmol
Interactive image
ChemSpider
89242
PubChem
98808
UNII
885QNL8RTB
CompTox Dashboard
DTXSID00205033
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InChI
SMILES
Chemical formula
Molar mass
standard state
Infobox references
bicyclic
isomer
benzene
James Dewar
August Kekulé
tetrahedral geometry

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