Nv. Vistorobskii et al., PERI-NAPHTHYLENEDIAMINES .19. ACID-CATALYZED TRANSFORMATIONS OF 4,5-BIS(DIALKYLAMINO)-1-HYDROXYMETHYLNAPHTHALENES, Russian chemical bulletin, 46(2), 1997, pp. 334-336
The action of concentrated HCl on 4,5-bis(diethylamino)-1-hydroxymethy
lnaphthalene resulted in its cyclodimerization of the ''head-to-head''
type to form a spiro-compound, but, unlike its 4,5-bis(dimethylamino)
-analog, cyclodimerization products did not occur on Al2O3 The transfo
rmation of 4,5-bis(dimethylamino)-1-hydroxymethylnaphthalene on Al2O3
TiO2, and SiO2 afforded the previously unknown di[4,5-bis(dimethylamin
o)naphthyl-4]methane, a spiro-compound of the ''head-to-tail'' type. 4
,5-Bis(diethylamino)-1-hydraxymethylnaphthalene and 4,5-bis(diethylami
no)naphthalene-1-carbaldehyde were synthesized.