6000. 6-Methoxy-α-tetralone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 1078-19-9
3,4-Dihydro-6-methoxy-1(2H)-naphthalenone; 6-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-naphthalenone; 1-keto-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene; 5-keto-2-methoxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene.
C11H12O2; mol wt 176.21.
C 74.98%, H 6.86%, O 18.16%.

Description and references

Prepn: Papa, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 71, 3246 (1949); Ananchenko et al., Tetrahedron 18, 1355 (1962).

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals from methanol or ligroin, mp 80°. bp1 135-139°, bp11 171°.

Use

In the synthesis of derivatives of estrane and 19-norsteroids (Ananchenko et al., loc. cit.).