Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Synthesis of 2, 3, 6, 7-Tetramethylnaphthalene from 2, 3-Dimethylsuccinic Anhydride and o-Xylene

Y Dozen, M Hatta

Index: Dozen,Y.; Hatta,M. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1975 , vol. 48, p. 2842 - 2847

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Citation Number: 12

Abstract

2, 3, 6, 7-Tetramethylnaphthalene (7b) was prepared from 2, 3-dimethylsuccinic anhydride (1) and o-xylene in five steps, and the configurations of their intermediates were studied. The higher-melting isomer (threo form) of 1 gave higher-melting products in each step, while the lower-melting isomer (erythro form) of 1 gave lowermelting ones. The configurations of the intermediates were confirmed by the MNR spectral data of tetramethyltetralines (6b). ...