6-Methyla~ eanthrene~(V) was synthesized by the sequence of reactions outlined in the accompanying chart. The key intermediate, 7-chlorohydrindone-1 (111), prepared first by Kenner and Witham4 by a rather elaborate synthesis, was obtained in a series of stem startinn with 2-nitro-5-chlorobenzaldehyde (I).-The aldvehyde was reduced with alu-c1 1,[(CHs) 2CHO] 3.41 A'2, PC15
