A facile synthesis of oxygen heterocycles from 1, 1’-bi-2-naphthols

J. Chandravathi Devi and K. Va

Abstract

The Claisen rearrangement of 2, 2’-Bispropargyloxy-1, 1’-binaphthyl was refluxed in N, N-diethyl aniline for 8 h at 220 ºC to give 1,1’-bi-2-naphthols by using Ferric chloride oxidative coupling