Abstract
The intramolecular acylation of the acid (I) by polyphosphoric acid (PPA) affords the kinetically controlled α-naphthyl ketone (II) and/or the thermodynamically controlled β-naphthyl ketone (III); (II) rearranges quantitatively to (III) with PPA at 120°.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 362-363 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Chemical Communications |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1973 |