Tetrahydronaphthalene Derivatives by Amberlyst® 15-Promoted Friedel-Crafts Cyclizations

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Acknowledgments

A. N. C. thanks the 2009 NSF-REU program at Oklahoma State University (CHE-0649162) for support. Funding for the 300 MHz NMR spectrometer of the Oklahoma Statewide Shared NMR Facility was provided by NSF (BIR-9512269), the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the W. M. Keck Foundation, and Conoco, Inc. Finally, the authors wish to thank the OSU College of Arts and Sciences for funds to upgrade our departmental FT-IR and GC-MS instruments.

Andrew N. Cox was a NSF-REU student during Summer 2009. Current address: Department of Chemistry, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270.