Tetrahedron

Facile access to methoxylated 2-phenylnaphthalenes and epoxydibenzocyclooctenes

C Maurin, F Bailly, P Cotelle

Index: Maurin, Cedric; Bailly, Fabrice; Cotelle, Philippe Tetrahedron, 2005 , vol. 61, # 29 p. 7054 - 7058

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Abstract

Methoxylated phenylethanals were treated with concentrated hydrochloric acid in 1, 4- dioxane to give methoxylated 2-phenylnaphthalenes or 1, 2, 9, 10-tetrahydro-1, 9- epoxydibenzo [a, e] cyclooctenes. Yields in 2-phenylnaphthalenes were quite good and 1, 2, 9, 10-tetrahydro-1, 9-epoxydibenzo [a, e] cyclooctenes could be easily isolated. 2- Phenylnaphthalenes were obtained by a tandem aldol condensation-intramolecular ...