Va. Ozeryanskii et Af. Pozharskii, PERI-NAPHTHYLENEDIAMINES .22. SYNTHESIS OF 1,4,5-TRIS(DIMETHYLAMINO)NAPHTHALENE AND OTHER PROTON SPONGE 4-AMINO DERIVATIVES, Russian chemical bulletin, 46(8), 1997, pp. 1437-1440
Catalytic hydrogenation of 4-nitro-1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene a
fforded the previously unknown 1-amino-4,5-bis(dimethylamino)naphthale
ne subsequent methylation of which gave 1-methylamino and 1-dimethylam
ino ''proton sponge'' derivatives. The pK(a) values of 1-amino-, 1-met
hylamino-, and 1-dimethylamino-4,5-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalenes esti
mated by H-1 NMR in DMSO-d(6) are equal to 9.8, 10.1, and 8.0, respect
ively.