Methane → 1,5-Diaminonaphthalene

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60 g (0.275 mol) of 1,5-dinitro naphthalene were suspended, in a 700 ml stirrer autoclave, in 340 ml of aniline and treated with 18 g of water-moist, 1%-strength catalyst of platinum and activated charcoal corresponding to 8 g of dry catalyst. Hydrogenation was carried out at 50° C. and a hydrogen pressure of 10 bars, as was described in Example 1. The hydrogen uptake was finished after 2 hours. The catalyst was separated off by filtration at 80° C. and the aniline subsequently removed by water-vapour distillation. The distillation residue was cooled to 18° C. and the precipitated crystallate filtered off and dried. In this way 40 g (92% of the theory) of 1,5-diamino naphthalene of m.p. 188°-189° C. were obtained.

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