A Synthesis of Various Substituted Naphthalenones by Additions to Naphthyloxazolines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00041a030

A series of synthetic manipulations on the naphthalene nucleus, containing a 1-(2-oxazolinyl) moiety, is described.Nucleophilic additions afford both regio- and stereoselective products in the 1- and 4-positions.The latter is oxidatively transformed in th