Abstract
A three‐step synthesis of 2‐carboethoxy‐4‐methylnaphthalenes 7a–d from aryl aldehydes is described.
#Dedicated to Professor S. C. Chandrasekaran on the occasion of his 60th Birthday.
Acknowledgment
We thank CSIR and UGC for support of this work; NIO, Goa, for spectral analysis; Department of Organic Chemistry IISc, Banglore, for HRMS; and RSIC, Mumbai, for analysis and GC/MS. C. P. A. thanks CSIR, New Delhi, for the award of research fellowship.
Notes
#Dedicated to Professor S. C. Chandrasekaran on the occasion of his 60th Birthday.