Acetyl chloride → 5,8-Dimethoxy-2-acetyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalene

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In spite of the fact that in literature the attempts of acylating the compound II were reported as fruitless or non interesting because of the low yields, the 5,8-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalene II is treated with acetyl chloride in the presence of an excess of aluminium trichloride, preferably 5-9 moles of aluminium trichloride for one mole of acyl chloride, at the temperature of −35°+25° C., preferably at 0° C. After the usual work-up and crystallisation with ethyl acetate, the product, 2-acetyl-5,8-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalene is obtained in yields higher than 70%.

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