Highly regioselective ring-opening coupling reactions of diarylmethylenecyclopropa[b]naphthalenes with Grignard reagents have been developed, which provide differently substituted β-vinylic naphthalenes in moderate to excellent yields.

Functionalized naphthalenes are valuable building blocks in many important areas. A microwave-assisted, intramolecular dehydrogenative Diels-Alder reaction of styrenyl derivatives to provide cyclopenta[b]naphthalene substructures not previously accessible using existing synthetic methods is described. The synthetic utility of these uniquely functionalized naphthalenes was demonstrated by a sing...

A ligand-controlled regioselectivity switch of ring-opening coupling reaction of diarylmethylenecyclopropa[b]naphthalenes with Grignard reagents providing differently substituted β-vinylic naphthalenes in moderate to excellent yields was reported: when Pd(OAc)2 was used, the aromatic group from the Grignard reagent regioselectively coupled to the naphthyl ring after the ring-opening of three-me...

The synthesis of tetra-ortho-substituted biaryl naphthalenes, including examples bearing multiple ortho-isopropyl groups, has been developed via a catalytic rearrangement process.

The compounds’ studied were naphthalene, 1-chloronaphthalene, and di-, tetra-, penta-, hepta-, and octachloronaphthalenes. The polychlorinated naphthalene samples were in every case within 2 per cent of the theoretical value with respect to chlorine content, although several isomeric forms were present in each sample. Male albino rabbits (approximately 2 kilos in weight) were kept on a standard...

The catalytic asymmetric hydrogenation of heteroarenes has been intensively studied during the last decade. Nowadays, various heteroaromatics, for example, indoles, pyrroles, and quinolines, can be reduced to the corresponding chiral heterocycles with high stereoselectivity through asymmetric catalysis. Glorius and co-workers recently found that a chiral N-heterocyclic carbene–ruthenium catalys...

The novel palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling reactions of 2-picolinic acid with aryl and heteroaryl bromides including benzenes, naphthalenes, pyridines and quinolines for C-C bond formation have been successfully achieved.