Bromination of naphthalene and derivatives: High temperature bromination XI

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00758-9

Thermal and photobromination of naphthalene and derivatives have been studied. Several hexabromo- (12, 13, 16 and 17), and tetrabromotetralin derivatives (23, 24, and 25) have been obtained as the major products, besides bromonaphthalene derivatives. Base-promoted elimination reactions of 12, 13, 16 and 17 provided di- (8) tri- (10) and tetrabromo-naphthalenes (22). A convenient method was developed for the synthesis of 1,3- dibromonaphthalene (26) starting from (24). The structures of these products were determined by ¹H-,¹³C- NMR data and X-ray structural analysis.