
%0 Journal Article
%A Craig, JT 
%A McNatty, KP 
%T Preparation of some Polyaryl-benzenes and -napthalenes
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1967/09/01
%V 20
%N 9
%P 1921-1928
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9671921
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9671921 
%X Attempts have been made to condense several aromatic &#945;-diketones with diethyl ketone and dibenzyl ketone.   1,1?-Binaphthoyl gave only di-1-naphthylglycolic acid, but 1- naphthyl phenyl diketone gave mixtures of the products of condensation and benzilic acid rearrangement reactions. The condensation product with dibenzyl ketone reacted normally in Diels-Alder reactions with maleic anhydride, benzyne, and bicycloheptadiene. 2-Methylbenzil condensed readily with dibenzyl and diethyl ketones, and the substituted cyclopentadienone resulting from condensation with dibenzyl ketone underwent a Diels-Alder reaction with bicycloheptadiene. 
