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Synthesis of dimethyl naphtalate

plante1999 - 25-10-2011 at 08:38

How can I synthetise dimethyl naphtalate from naphtalene and methanol?

Im not very good in Organic chemistry but I have a lot of inorganic catalyst if it could help.

[Edited on 25-10-2011 by plante1999]

Boffis - 25-10-2011 at 09:35

What exactly do you mean by dimethyl naphtalate? Do you mean a di-ester of naphthalene dicarboxylic acid?

There are a lot of theoretical dicarboxylic acid of naphthalene 1,2; 1,3; 1,4, etc.