102606-08-6Relevant articles and documents
FORMATION OF MONOALDEHYDES BY CERIUM(IV) AMMONIUM NITRATE OXIDATION OF UNSYMMETRIC DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENES
Sydnes, Leiv K.,Hansen, Sissel H.,Burkow, Ivan C.,Saethre, Leif J.
, p. 5205 - 5208 (2007/10/02)
When 1,2-,1,3-and 1,6-dimethylnaphthalene are oxidized by Ce(4+) in acetic acid the corresponding monoaldehydes are formed in better than 80percent yield.In each case aldehyde formation takes place with a high degree of selectivity as the methyl-1-to methyl-2-naphthaldehyde ratio is better than 11:1.The selectivity may be explained from differences in reactivity as calculated within the frontier orbital method.