Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The structure of the naphthalenecarboxylic acid derivative obtained from neocarzinostatin (NCS) was revised as methyl 2-hydroxy-7-methoxy-5-methyl-1-naphthalenecarboxylate (2a) by its synthesis. ... Satisfactory analytical data were obtained for all new compounds.