BY WILLIAM G. DAUBEN AND KLAUS A. SAEGEBARTH The preparation of/3-(6-methoxy-l- naphthoyl)-propionic acid is a continuation of an earlier investigation in this Laboratory'on the use of organocadmium reagents for the preparation of substituted p-aroylpropionic acids. It has been previously reported'Ji3 that poor yields of the diaryl cadmium derivative were obtained when the latter was prepared from the aryl iodide, whereas the ...
