Naphthalene → 1-(1-Methylethyl)naphthalene

HRID 1577707Notes

Reaction equation

[CH3:1][C:2]1C=CC(C(C)C)=C[CH:7]=1.[CH:11]1[C:20]2[C:15](=[CH:16][CH:17]=[CH:18][CH:19]=2)[CH:14]=[CH:13][CH:12]=1>>[CH:2]([C:19]1[C:20]2[C:15](=[CH:14][CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=2)[CH:16]=[CH:17][CH:18]=1)([CH3:7])[CH3:1]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 931Naphthalene

HCID 7463P-Cymene

Product 1

HCID 225351-(1-Methylethyl)naphthalene

Procedure

Reaction was carried out similarly as in Example 11, but using p-cymene to transalkylate naphthalene. Yield of isopropylnaphthalene obtained was 21%, with 90% β- and 10% α-isopropylnaphthalene.

Workup

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Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-9ec41ac167904cc0832b6b3ca148db89
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1981_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04288646

Reaction notes

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