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dehydroarenes definition

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Species, usually transient, derived formally by the abstraction of a hydrogen atom from each of two ring atoms of an arene. The name for specific compounds requires the numerical prefix di-.

E.g. 1,8-didehydronaphthalene or naphthalene-1,8-diyl. RNRI Rule RC-81.3.1.

1,2-Didehydroarenes are called arynes and are commonly represented with a formal triple bond.


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