
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oommen, PK 
T1  - Birch reduction of 2-Methoxy-1-naphthoic acids
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1975
VL  - 28
IS  - 9
SP  - 2095
EP  - 2097
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9752095 
N2  - The reduction of 2-methoxy-1-naphthoic acids (1) with 2.4 equiv. of sodium in liquid ammonia leads to the formation of the 1,4-dihydro compounds (2). These reduction products on esterification with diazomethane followed by hydrolysis with dilute mineral acids yield methyl 2-oxotetralin-1-carboxylates (5). This constitutes a satisfactory general method of synthesis of (5). 
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