Hydrogen Peroxide → 2-Naphthol

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To a vigorously stirred suspension of 0.1 mol of naphthalene in 100 ml of fluorosulfuric acid at -78° C. was added an equally cold solution of 0.12 mol of H2O2 (90% solution) in 100 ml of fluorosulfuric acid. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes, then quenched with ice water, and worked up and analyzed as in Example 1. 39% naphthalene was recovered unchanged. 37% of β-naphthol and 3% of α-naphthol were obtained, together with 17% of dihydroxynaphthalenes and 5% polymeric material.

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