Naphthalene → 1-(1-Methylethyl)naphthalene

HRID 1577706Notes

Reaction equation

[CH:1]1[C:10]2[C:5](=[CH:6][CH:7]=[CH:8][CH:9]=2)[CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH3:11][C:12]1C=CC(C(C)C)=C[CH:17]=1>>[CH:12]([C:9]1[C:10]2[C:5](=[CH:4][CH:3]=[CH:2][CH:1]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)([CH3:17])[CH3:11]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 931Naphthalene

HCID 7463P-Cymene

Product 1

HCID 225351-(1-Methylethyl)naphthalene

Procedure

Reaction was carried out as in Example 7, but by reacting naphthalene with p-cymene. Yield of isopropylnaphthalene obtained was 51% with 93% β- and 7% α-isomer.

Workup

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Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-14a609fbb75a4e6bae2cae4db647442f
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1981_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04288646

Reaction notes

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