peri-Naphthylenediamines 24.* Double 1,1′-binaphthalene "proton sponge"

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/BF02495514

4,5,4′,5′-Tetrakis(dimethylamino)-1,1′-binaphthalene, unknown previously, was obtained in -20% yield by the oxidation of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene with Tl(OAc)₃ or Pb(OAc)₄ at low temperatures. Treatment of the reaction produ