1-Naphthol → HCID 23468261, compound

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72.1 g (0.5 mole) of α-naphthol was heated to 50° C. with 150 ml of benzene and 0.5 ml of N-methylpyrrolidine, whereupon a clear solution was obtained. Following the procedure of Method C, 95 g (0.5 mole) of p-chloromethylbenzoyl chloride dissolved in 80 ml of benzene was added drop by drop over a period of about 30 minutes, and then the mixture was refluxed for 5 hours under a weak current of nitrogen gas. The benzene was then distilled from the clear, orange-colored solution. The residue crystallized upon cooling to a yellow mass amounting to 148 g (100%), M.P. 93°-96° C. The entire amount of the raw product was recrystallized from 3 liters of cyclohexane with the addition of decolorizing carbon. About 80% of the material put in was obtained in light yellow needles of a melting point of 104°-106° C. For the analysis, 20 g was again recrystallized from 400 ml of cyclohexane. 16.5 g of very pale yellow needles was obtained, M.P. 105°-106.5° C.

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