Formaldehyde → peri-Naphthalide

Reaction equation

C=O.[OH-].[CH:4]1[CH:9]=[C:8]([CH:10]=O)[C:7]2[C:12]([C:16]([OH:18])=[O:17])=[CH:13][CH:14]=[CH:15][C:6]=2[CH:5]=1>>[CH2:10]1[O:18][C:16](=[O:17])[C:12]2=[CH:13][CH:14]=[CH:15][C:6]3=[C:7]2[C:8]1=[CH:9][CH:4]=[CH:5]3

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 712Formaldehyde

HCID 961Hydroxide

HCID 798818-Formyl-1-naphthalenecarboxylic acid

Product 1

HCID 223824peri-Naphthalide

Procedure

Prepared by the action of formalin and postasium hydroxide on peri-naphthaldehydic acid by the method of Fuson et. al. (J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 71, 1870).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-3b073daaa4694d098b3b4b95d98f8c3f
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1976_06
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US03963704

Reaction notes

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