Toluene → Naphthalene

HRID 1733393Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1733393 reaction equation
[C:1]1([CH3:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[CH3:8][C:9]1C=CC=C[C:10]=1C>C1C=CC=CC=1>[CH:5]1[C:6]2[C:1](=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=2)[CH:2]=[CH:3][CH:4]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 1140TolueneHCID 7237O-Xylene

Product 1

HCID 931Naphthalene

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 241BenzeneSolvent

Procedure

The substitution of (6) toluene, (7) dimethylbenzene and (8) naphthalene, respectively, for the benzene of Example 1 both as a charge material and an extractant, resulted in the production of the corresponding mononitro compound in yields comparative thereto.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d3e470d6164f44e6b3d564aef1a2db9c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_12
Patent number
US04241229

Reaction notes

Loading…