Naphthalene → Tetralin

HRID 2380728Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2380728 reaction equation
Cl[C:2]1[C:11]2[C:6](=[CH:7][CH:8]=[CH:9][CH:10]=2)[CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.C1COC=CC1.C1C2C(=CC=CC=2)C=CC=1.ClC1C2C(=CC=CC=2)CCC1>>[CH2:10]1[C:11]2[C:6](=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=2)[CH2:7][CH2:8][CH2:9]1

Participants

5

Reactant 4

HCID 931NaphthaleneHCID 70031-ChloronaphthaleneHCID 80803,4-dihydro-2H-pyranHCID 1887171-Chloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene

Product 1

HCID 8404Tetralin

Procedure

The method of example 6 was repeated (at 400° C. only) using 1:10 chloronaphthalene to DHP weight ratio. Conversion was 6% with 71% selectivity to naphthalene and 29% chlorotetralin. No tetralin was produced.

Workup

  1. customat 400° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-43c36bd5b08e4584969f6b5bbab23a51
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_11
Patent number
US05369214

Reaction notes

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