Studies in the Naphthalene Series. I. Oxidative Coupling of 1-Naphthol

JD Edwards Jr, JL Cashaw

Index: Edwards; Cashaw Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1954 , vol. 76, p. 6141

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Abstract

The oxidative coupling of 1-naphthol by means of ferric chloride was first reported by Dianin. l That 4, 4'-bi-l-naphthol (I) is formed has been sho~ n,~-~ but it was only recently5 that a second product was isolated from this reaction and assigned the structure 2, 2'-bi-l-naphthol (V)(mp 220). 6 The evidence presented in support of structure V by Ioffe was convincing but not conclusive.