Benzo
'c''innoline is a tricyclic
organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon. For example, carbon-co ...
with the formula C
12H
8N
2. Formally this species is derived by
oxidative dehydrogenation of
2,2'-diaminobiphenyl. This heterocycle reacts with iron carbonyls to form C
12H
8N
2Fe
2(CO)
6.
[R. P. Bennett, "Iron Carbonyl Complexes of Azo Compounds" ''Inorganic Chemistry'', Volume 9, pp. 2184-6 (1970) (description of the first iron carbonyl derivative)]
See also
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Cinnoline
References
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Aromatic nitrogen heterocycles
Phenanthrolines