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A Concise Synthesis of 2‐Amino‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydronaphthalene‐6,7‐diol (‘6,7‐ADTN’) from Naphthalene‐2,3‐diol
Author(s) -
Göksu Süleyman,
Kazaz Cavit,
Sütbeyaz Yaşar,
Seçen Hasan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.200390272
Subject(s) - chemistry , diol , hydrogenolysis , birch reduction , curtius rearrangement , acylation , yield (engineering) , organic chemistry , carboxylic acid , naphthalene , demethylation , medicinal chemistry , superacid , dicarboxylic acid , catalysis , biochemistry , materials science , dna methylation , gene expression , metallurgy , gene
2‐Amino‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydronaphthalene‐6,7‐diol ( 2 ; 6,7‐ADTN) was synthesized starting from naphthalene‐2,3‐diol in seven steps and with an overall yield of 44%. Methylation of naphthalene‐2,3‐diol with dimethyl sulfate, followed by Friedel Crafts acylation with AcCl, gave 2‐acetyl‐6,7‐dimethoxynaphthalene. 2‐Acetyl‐6,7‐dimethoxynaphthalene was converted to 6,7‐dimethoxynaphthalene‐2‐carboxylic acid by a haloform reaction. Birch reduction of the carboxylic acid with 4 mol‐equiv. of Na in liquid ammonia afforded 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydro‐6,7‐dimethoxynaphthalene‐2‐carboxylic acid, from which 2 was obtained by a Curtius reaction, followed by hydrogenolysis and demethylation.
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