Abstract A new racemic (±) 5-(1-(3, 5-dinitrobenzoylamino) pent-4-enyl) acenaphthene was synthesized and successfully separated into enantiomers on chiral HPLC. The synthetic approach to the 5-(1-(3, 5-dinitrobenzoylamino) pent-4-enyl) acenaphthene is via Friedel- Crafts acylation reaction to the acenaphthyl ring, α-H substituent reaction to the ketone, deoxidization reaction to the ketone and amidation reaction to the amidocyanogen. The ...
