The reaction of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate with OH-acid such as 2-naphthol in the presence of trimethyl or triphenyl phosphite under solvent-free conditions produce oxaphosphaphenanthrene derivatives in good yields. Also, the reaction of dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and trimethyl phosphite in the presence of 1-naphthol leads to succinate derivatives in excellent yields. Using triethyl p...

Chiral alcohols are ubiquitous in organic structures. One efficient method to generate chiral alcohols is the catalytic asymmetric addition of a carbon nucleophile to a carbonyl compound since this process produces a C-C bond and a chiral center simultaneously. In comparison with the carbon nucleophiles such as an organolithium or a Grignard reagent, an organozinc reagent possesses the advantag...

The gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular cycloisomerization of furan/ynes bearing a silyloxy or allyloxy group has been developed, which provides a highly efficient access to protected 1-naphthol derivatives with enal or enone moiety. The method offers several advantages such as high stereoselectivities, mild reaction conditions, and easily accessible starting materials. In addition, the naphthyl p...

A convenient and efficient procedure for the synthesis of 14-aryl or alkyl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes by condensation of 2-naphthol and aldehydes in the presence of Methylimidazolium hydrogensulfate, as a Brönsted acidic ionic liquid ([Hmim]HSO4), is described. Both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes reacted easily to afford the corresponding 14-aryl or alkyl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes in good yiel...

The use of methanesulfonic acid as a Brønsted acid for direct ortho-acylation of phenols and naphthols proves to be a convenient, more general and direct route to various hydroxyaryl ketones. The route is regioselective, leading to ortho C-acylated products in satisfactory to high yields in most cases. The solvent free reactions described below exhibited environmentally benign in terms of faste...

Grafting of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTS) on graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets followed by reaction with phosphotungstic acid (H3PW12O40, denoted as H3PW) gave a new functionalized GO which was characterized using FT-IR, FESEM, EDX, EDX elemental mapping and ICP-OES techniques. The catalytic activity of this nanomaterial containing phosphotungstic counter-anion H2PW12O40¯ (H2PW) which was de...