Dehydroarenes

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-002958",
  "term": "Dehydroarenes",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Reactive, usually short-lived species made formally by taking one hydrogen from each of two carbon atoms in an arene ring, and named with the prefix didehydro, as in 1,8-didehydronaphthalene. The 1,2-didehydroarenes, such as benzyne, are the arynes and carry a formal triple bond, but the two carbons need not be adjacent. They are normally generated in situ and trapped in cycloadditions or by nucleophiles.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "abstraction",
    "arenes",
    "aryne"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1331 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/dehydroarenes/"
}