
%0 Journal Article
%A Cannon, JR 
%A Feutrill, GI 
%A Wong, LCH 
%T Reactions with thioethoxide ion in N,N-dimethylformamide. III. Regioselective demethylation of 4-(2',7'-Dimethoxy-1'-naphthyl)-2-methylbutan-2-ol
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1983/12/01
%V 36
%N 12
%P 2575-2580
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9832575
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9832575 
%X Reaction of 2,7-dimethoxy-1-methylnaphthalene with sodium thioethoxide in N,N-dimethylformamide leads to a mixture of approximately equal parts of the isomeric O-monomethyl ethers of 1-methylnaphthalene-2,7-diol, but under the same conditions 4-(2',7'-dimethoxy-1'-naphthyl)-2-methylbutan-2-ol undergoes regioselective demethylation of the more hindered 2'-methoxyl group. 
