A. Srikrishna et Pp. Kumar, NAPHTHALENES VIA MICROWAVE IRRADIATION-INDUCED REARRANGEMENT ON MONTMORILLONITE K-10, Tetrahedron letters, 36(35), 1995, pp. 6313-6316
Irradiation of 4-aryl-4-alkylhex-5-en-2-ones (e.g. 1a) or 5-aryl-4-alk
ylhex-5-en-2-ones (e.g. 2a) adsorbed on montmorillonite K-10 in a comm
ercial microwave oven furnishes the multialkylated naphthalenes (e.g.
3).