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IN a recent communication1 Dr. Wilson Baker has given reasons for believing that the 'diphenylene' compound C12H8 does not have the structure (I), but that it is really the cyclopentindene molecule (II). The arguments were based mainly on experimental rules concerning strain in organic molecules, and it is possible to confirm Baker ' s conclusion theoretically.
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COULSON, C. Structure of ‘Diphenylene’. Nature 150, 577–578 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150577b0
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