Toluene → 5,8-Dimethyl-2-naphthaldehyde
Reaction equation
ClC1[C:7](=[O:8])[C:6]([C:9]#N)=[C:5](C#N)[C:4](=O)C=1Cl.[C:15]1([CH3:21])[CH:20]=[CH:19][CH:18]=[CH:17][CH:16]=1.O1CCOC[CH2:23]1>>[CH3:21][C:15]1[CH:20]=[CH:19][C:18]([CH3:23])=[C:17]2[C:16]=1[CH:4]=[CH:5][C:6]([CH:7]=[O:8])=[CH:9]2Participants
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Procedure
Under nitrogen atmosphere, 20.9 g of this crude aldehyde was dissolved in 300 ml of dioxane, followed by the addition of 50.9 g of dichlorodicyanobenzo-quinone. The resulting mixture was heated under reflux for 1.5 hours and cooled to room temperature by allowing to stand. Then, 500 ml of toluene was added to the resulting mixture to thereby form a precipitate. The resulting precipitate-containing mixture was filtered and the filter cake was washed with toluene several times. The filtrate was concentrated and the resulting crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 10.3 g of the title compound as colorless crystals.