Synthetic communications

A New Synthesis of 5, 8??Dimethyl??2??tetralone—A Potential Intermediate for the Synthesis of Ring??A Aromatic Sesquiterpenes. Novel Transformation During …

AK Banerjee, W Vera, MS Laya

Index: Banerjee, Ajoy K.; Vera, William; Laya, Manuel S. Synthetic Communications, 2004 , vol. 34, # 12 p. 2301 - 2308

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Abstract An efficient synthesis of 5, 8??dimethyl??2??tetralone 4 starting from 5, 8??dimethyl??1?? tetralone 2 is described. It was converted into the unsaturated derivative 3, which on epoxidation followed by acid hydrolysis yielded tetralone 4. Acetoxylation of 3 with ...