Reductive methylation of naphthoic esters

B Basu, D Mukherjee

文献索引：Basu, Basudeb; Mukherjee, Debabrata Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1984 , # 2 p. 105 - 106

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摘要

In connection with our interest in terpenes, we have been seeking convenient methods for the incorporation of geminal methyl-methoxycarbonyl substituents at C-1 and C-2 of the naphthalene nucleus. Although reductive methylation of naphthoic acids is known,l the process suffers from two major disadvantages: (i) naphthoic acids in most cases are only sparingly soluble in the organic solvents commonly used in Birch reduction, and (ii) the incorporation of a methyl ...