Acid-catalysed isomerisations of 5,6,7,8-tetrachloro-3,4-dihydro-1,4-dimethyl-1,4- ethenonaphthalen-2(1H)-one (1,4-dimethyltetrachlorobenzobarrelenone)
Abstract
The rearrangement of the title compound (2) in fluorosulphonic acid or sulphuric acid (98%) affords the ketone (6) in good yield whereas the ketones (2) and (6) both give rise to mixtures of the isomers (5) and (9) in sulphuric acid (90%).