Upon irradiation, diazofluorene undergoes reductive dimerisation to give 9,9′-bifluorene through the intermediacy of a carbene intermediate and treatment of diazofluorene with Lewis or Brönsted acids also yields the same product, but through the intermediacy of a cation intermediate.
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