
%0 Journal Article
%A Opie, MCA 
%A Wright, GJ 
%A Vaughan, J 
%T Detritiation in 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene, acenaphthene, and perinaphthane
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1971/06/01
%V 24
%N 6
%P 1205-1209
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9711205
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9711205 
%X The rates of detritiation of [2-T]-, [3-T]-, and [4-T]-1,8-dimethylnaphthalene and the corresponding specifically labelled acenaphthenes and perinaphthanes have been measured a t 30&#176; in anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid. The order of ortho and para reactivities is acenaphthene > perinaphthane > 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene; the meta positions are much less reactive in the order acenaphthene > 1,8-dimethyl- naphthalene > perinaphthane. This pattern of reactivity is discussed in terms of steric and strain effects in the transition states. 
