
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bell, KH 
A1  - Mccaffery, LF 
T1  - Regioselective Monomethylation of Unsymmetrical Naphthalenediols With Methanolic HCl
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 46
IS  - 5
SP  - 731
EP  - 737
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9930731 
N2  - Treatment of naphthalene-1,3-diol and naphthalene-1,7-diol with methanol containing dry hydrogen chloride at room temperature gives exclusively 3-methoxy-1-naphthol and 7-methoxy- 1-naphthol, respectively. Of the other two unsymmetrical naphthalenediols, the 1,2-isomer was unreactive and the 1,6-isomer gave a mixture of regioisomers under the same conditions. Two symmetrical diols (the 1,5- and 2,7-isomers) examined by the same procedure gave the monomethyl ethers in 60-70% yields. 
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