Scholl Cyclizations of Aryl Naphthalenes: Rearrangement Precedes Cyclization

…, A Ajaz, R Thamatam, RP Johnson

Index: Thamatam, Rajesh; Skraba, Sarah L.; Johnson, Richard P. Chemical Communications, 2013 , vol. 49, # 80 p. 9122 - 9124

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Abstract

In 1910, Scholl, Seer, and Weitzenbock reported the AlCl3-catalyzed cyclization of 1, 1′- binaphthyl to perylene. We provide evidence that this classic organic name reaction proceeds through sequential and reversible formation of 1, 2′-and 2, 2′-binaphthyl