Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → Naphthalene

HRID 488114Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 488114 reaction equation
OC[C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=[C:7]2[C:12]=1[C:11](O)=[CH:10][CH:9]=[CH:8]2.COCCl.C(=O)([O-])[O-].[K+].[K+]>>[CH:3]1[C:12]2[C:7](=[CH:8][CH:9]=[CH:10][CH:11]=2)[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 7864Chloromethyl Methyl EtherHCID 11430Potassium CarbonateHCID 122037961-Naphthol-8-methanol

Product 1

HCID 931Naphthalene

Procedure

8-hydroxymethyl-1-naphthol (XXXXXVI) is reacted with chloromethyl methyl ether in a customary manner, for example, by using potassium carbonate as an acid remover to obtain a naphthalene derivative (XXXXXVII).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-100591b5abea4a2b88fbd2bcdfbe5746
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1994_03
Patent number
US05298649

Reaction notes

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