Syntheses, X-ray crystal structures and reactivity of fluorenylidene- and dibenzosuberenylidene-allenes: convenient precursors to dispirotetracenes, di-indenotetracenes and 2-phenyl-11bH-dibenz[cd,h]azulene.
Banide, Emilie V.; O'Connor, Crystal; Fortune, Natasha; Ortin, Yannick; Milosevic, Sandra; Müller-Bunz, Helge; McGlinchey, Michael J.; Organic & biomolecular chemistry 8 (2010) 3997–4010; doi:10.1039/c004868b

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_publ_section_title
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 Syntheses, X-ray crystal structures and reactivity of fluorenylidene- and
 dibenzosuberenylidene-allenes: convenient precursors to
 dispirotetracenes, di-indenotetracenes and
 2-phenyl-11bH-dibenz[cd,h]azulene.
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'calc w=1/[\s^2^(Fo^2^)+(0.0441P)^2^+1.7313P] where P=(Fo^2^+2Fc^2^)/3'
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