SELECTIVE BENZYLIC BROMINATION OF 2-METHYLNAPTHTHALENE

Authors
WAYKOLE L PRASHAD M PALERMO S REPIC O BLACKLOCK TJ
Citation
L. Waykole et al., SELECTIVE BENZYLIC BROMINATION OF 2-METHYLNAPTHTHALENE, Synthetic communications, 27(12), 1997, pp. 2159-2163
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synthetic communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397911
Volume
27
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2159 - 2163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7911(1997)27:12<2159:SBBO2>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A practical synthesis of 2-(bromomethyl)naphthalene (1) by selective b enzylic bromination of 2-methylnaphthalene (2) with bromine in heptane in the presence of lanthanum acetate hydrate is described.