NBS/CHCl3 as bromination reagent for electron-rich tetramethoxynaphthlene, synthesis of 2,6-dibromotetramethoxynaphthalene

ORGN 516

Fei You, fy8n@virginia.edu, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 and Kathlyn A Parker, kparker@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794.
A good combination of NBS/CHCl3 for the bromination of the electron-rich naphthalene system was discovered. By using NBS/CH3CN, NBS/CHCl3 as bromination reagents, 2,6-dibromotetramethoxynaphthalene and 2,6-dibromonaphthazarin were synthesized from the 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene.

 

New Reactions, Methodology, Total Synthesis, Physical Organic Chemistry
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 Convention Center -- Sails Pavilion, Poster

Division of Organic Chemistry

The 229th ACS National Meeting, in San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005