T. R. Kasturi, T. Arunachalam
Dec 1, 1968
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry
Abstract
Dehydrogenation of 6-methoxy-1-tetralone (1) using palladium–carbon (30%), palladium black, and quinones has been studied with a view to preparing 6-methoxy-1-naphthol (3). A novel addition product formed, during dehydrogenation of 1 with tetrachloro-1,2-benzoquinone, has been proved to be 2,2-(tetrachloro-o-phenylenedioxy)-3,4-dehydro-6-methoxy-1-tetralone (5). Bromination of 1 followed by dehydrobromination gave the naphthol 3 in excellent yield.