CHEMISCHE BERICHTE, cilt.124, sa.2, ss.383-386, 1991 (SCI-Expanded)
The Diels-Alder reactions of 5H-benzocycloheptene (1) with tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) afforded the [2 + 2] and [4 + 2] cycloadducts 7, 8, and 10 and the benzodicyanoheptafulvalene 9. The norcaradiene product 10 was synthesized independently by cycloaddition of TCNE to 7H-benzocycloheptene (3). The addition of 4-methyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (MTAD) to 3 gave bis-urazole 13, which was formed by ene reaction followed by [4 + 2] cycloaddition. The spirocycloheptatriene 15 gave with 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD) the bisurazole 16.