Solvent affected facile synthesis of hydroxynaphthyl ketones: Lewis acids promoted Friedel-Crafts and demethylation reaction

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1595-1601

  Li, Wan Mei ^a   Lai, Hu Qin ^a   Ge, Zhong Hua ^a   Ding, Cheng Rong ^a   Zhou, Ying ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Demethylation; Friedel Crafts; Hydroxynaphthyl ketones; Lewis acids

Indexed keywords

KETONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; SOLVENT;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEMETHYLATION; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249282376     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910701263692     Document Type: Article

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