Improvement of a β-tetralone synthesis: 5-, 6-, 7- and 8-methyl-β-tetralones

✍ Scribed by James J. Sims; M. Cadogan; L.H. Selman

• Book ID: 104247524
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: French
• Weight: 169 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-4039
• DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)96597-9

✦ Synopsis

One of the best methods for synthesizing 6-tetralones is that reported by 8urkhalter.l

The reaction consists of mixing a phenylacetyl chloride and AlCl, in carbon disulfide, then bubbling in ethylene for several hours at 0'. However, in our hands, the product obtained in