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• TITLE: Chemospecific and Regioselective Ethereal Methyl-Oxygen Bond Cleavage Behavior of Aroylated Dimethoxynaphthalenes by Combined Action of AlCl3 and Aroyl Group

  AUTHORS: Akiko Okamoto, Ryosuke Mitsui, Shoji Watanabe, Takahiro Tsubouchi, Noriyuki Yonezawa

  KEYWORDS: Aroylated 2, 7-Dialkoxynaphthalene; Chemospecific and Regioselective Scission of Ethereal Alkyl–Oxygen Bond; Combined Action of AlCl3 and Aroyl Group; Neighboring Group Effect

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol.2 No.3, September 25, 2012

  ABSTRACT: AlCl3-mediated cleavage of ethereal methyl–oxygen bond in aroylated 2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene compounds proceeds chemospecifically and regioselectively. The ethereal bond at the β(2)-position of 1-monoaroylated 2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene is cleaved readily and predominantly against the β(7)-position, whereas scission of β-ethereal bonds of 1,8-diaroylated 2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene hardly undergoes like the non-aroylated mother frame compound of 2,7-dimethoxynaphthalene.