868748-01-0Relevant articles and documents
Regioselective synthesis of 2,6-dimethyltetralin: Key precursor to 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene
Byung, Hyun Kim,Jong, Gil Lee,Woon, Ki Kim,Young, Gyu Kim
, p. 814 - 817 (2005)
A novel regioselective synthesis for 2,6-dimethyltetralin (2,6-DMT), a key precursor to 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene (2,6-DMN), is described. The synthesis comprises the following three steps; the Heck reaction between commercially available 4-bromotoluene and 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol, the catalytic reduction of the coupling products, and the acid-catalyzed cyclization of the alcohol intermediate. The process has an advantage over the established processes in that 2,6-DMT is obtained as the only isomer, and the isomerization and/or the complicated separation and purification steps are not required to produce pure 2,6-DMT. 2,6-DMN could be also obtained as a major product depending on the cyclization conditions.
Novel process for preparation of 2,6-dialkyltetralin
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The present invention provides a novel process for highly selective preparation of 2,6-dialkyltetralin, a key precursor for 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene (2,6-DMN), which does not require an extra step for purifying various isomers obtained from the conventional processes for 2,6-DMN. The present invention is advantageous to improve the synthetic yield, to simplify the operation and thus to reduce the production cost, since different starting materials and different pathways are exploited and thus the additional steps are not necessary.
