Manganese (III)-Mediated Formylation of Aromatic Compounds in the Presence of Malonic Acid

H Nishino, K Tsunoda, K Kurosawa

Index: Nishino, Hiroshi; Tsunoda, Katsunori; Kurosawa, Kazu Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1989 , vol. 62, # 2 p. 545 - 550

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Abstract

The reaction of naphthalenes with malonic acid in the presence of manganese (III) acetate gives naphthalenecarbaldehydes and naphthalenecarboxylic acids. Similar reactions of anthracene, pyrene, and methoxybenzenes also yield formylated and carboxylated products. It was found that the formyl group introduced to the aromatic ring was not derived from carboxymethyl radical generated directly by the thermolysis of manganese (III) ...