Reaction of chloral with naphthalene, and the synthesis of α-methoxynaphthylacetic acids from naphthyl (trichloromethyl) carbinols

W Reeve, JC Hoffsommer…

Index: Reeve,W. et al. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1968 , vol. 46, p. 2233 - 2238

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Abstract

From the Friedel-Crafts reaction of chloral and naphthalene, others have reported the isolation of only 2-naphthyl (trichloromethyl) carbinol. Our reexamination of this reaction has shown that a mixture of 1-and 2-naphthyl (trichloromethyl) carbinols is obtained and that 80 to 90% of the product consists of the 1-naphthyl (trichloromethyl) carbinol. The 1-and 2- naphthyl (trichloromethyl) carbinols, their acetates, and their methyl ethers differ in their ...