Naphthalene tetrachlorides and related compounds. Part 9. Structures and reactions of some 2-methylnaphthalene tetrachlorides

Abstract

The chlorination of 2-methylnaphthalene in chloroform gives a mixture of tetrachlorides, from which two new 1,2,3,4-tetrachloro-2-methyltetralins have been isolated and characterised. Their structures have been related to that of the known isomer from their ¹H n.m.r. spectra, their rates and products of alkaline dehydrochlorination, and their products of reaction with aluminium chloride.