2003 Naphthols

NaphtholsQ 0850 Cyclodextrin-Mediated Regioselective Photo-Fries Reaction of 1-Naphthyl

Phenyl Acylates. — Photolysis of title compounds (I) in hexane solution results in for-mation of up to 8 products. In contrast, irradiation of a solid 1:1 complex of acylates (I) with γ-cyclodextrin exhibits an extremely high selectivity for the photo-Fries prod-uct (II). — (KOODANJERI, S.; PRADHAN, A. R.; KAANUMALLE, L. S.; RAMAMURTHY*, V.; Tetrahedron Lett. 44 (2003) 15, 3207-3210; Dep. Chem., Tulane Univ., New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; Eng.) — Mais

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