Addition Reactions of 1-Methyl-2-naphthol with Unsaturated Ketones1

E Wenkert, TE Stevens

Index: Wenkert; Stevens Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1956 , vol. 78, p. 2318,2322

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Abstract

TYhile the introduction of only one alkyl group at a time into the intermediate tetralone had caused some difiiculty at first, this obstacle has been overcome by the utilization of a heterogeneous reaction processi and perhaps more interestingly by the prior transformation of the tetralone into its ene-aniine. fi In connection with a contemphted terpene and il or steroid synthesis it was of interest to ascertain whether the above reaction sequence could ...