Sinan Wang, Lei Zhang, Xiao Ding
2011
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The Journal of organic chemistry
Abstract
A protocol for the facile synthesis of 2-phenylnaphthalene has been developed. The benzyl carbon acts as a nucleophilic center in the presence of the amide nitrogen and acetate oxygen, affording the selective formation of a naphthalene scaffold through the dimerization of the reactants.