A comparison of the oxidation of naphthalene and its d(8)-derivative by per
acetic acid catalysed by Mn3+ tetranitrotetra-tert-butyltetraazaporphine al
lowed us to refine both the mechanisms of 1,4-naphthoquinone and 1-naphthol
formation and the structures of the final products of 1-naphthol oxidation
.