Tetrahedron Letters

Synthesis of tetraalkyl naphthalene bisanhydride and its model condensations with amines

K Xiong, Y Xiao

Index: Xiong, Kai; Xiao, Yi Tetrahedron Letters, 2013 , vol. 54, # 24 p. 3171 - 3175

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Abstract

To improve the solubility of naphthalene bisanhydride (NTCA), four alkyl groups are incorporated to the naphthalene core via a five-step procedure. The new naphthalene bisanhydride derivative (TO-NTCA) shows much higher reactivity than the parent NTCA in