Preparation of bisarenechromium π complexes from phenylacetylene and chromium vapors

Conclusion A mixture of isomeric 1,2,4- and 1,3,5-triphenylbenzenes and their complexes with chromium and also organic and organochromium polymers were formed in the reaction of phenylacetylene with chromium vapors under high vacuum.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 10, pp. 2307–2309, October, 1986.The authors thank S. P. Solodovnikow for recording the EPR spectrum and N. I. Vasyukova for recording the mass spectrum.