The synthesis of a salicylaldehyde derivative facing an encumbered phenol group on a naphthalene block as a molecular shaft is reported. This molecular unit has been designed to elaborate coordinating ligands holding non-coordinating phenol group for the generation of phenoxyl radical in the close proximity of a metal complex.
[Bebbington, David; Monck, Nathaniel J. T.; Gaur, Suneel; Palmer, Alan M.; Benwell, Karen; Harvey, Victoria; Malcolm, Craig S.; Porter, Richard H. P. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2000 , vol. 43, # 15 p. 2779 - 2782]
