Molten salt catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Selective hydrogenation of anthracene and naphthacene by tetralin in molten …

AC Buchanan III, AS Dworkin…

Index: Buchanan, A. C.; Dworkin, A. S.; Smith, G. P. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 47, # 4 p. 603 - 607

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Abstract

Anthracene and naphthacene are selectively hydrogenated by tetralin to 9, 10- dihydroanthracene and 5, 12-dihydronaphthacene, respectively, in a reaction that is catalyzed by molten SbC13 at 80 OC. In situ lH NMR studies indicate that under similar conditions, phenanthrene and pyrene do not react, while perylene is partially oxidized to a persistent radical cation. For the tetralin transfer hydrogenation of anthracene and ...