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Methyl-1-hydroxy-4-formyl-2-naphthoate and 2-acetyl-4-formyl-α-naphthol have been synthesised by the action of hexamethylene tetramine in glacial acetic acid, on methyl-1-hydroxy-2-naphthoate and 2-acetyl-α-naphthol respectively.
Similar formylation of 4-acetyl-α-naphthol did not succeed.
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Desai, R.D., Radha, K.S. & Shah, R.C. The action of hexamethylene tetramine on phenols and the methyl esters of phenol carboxylic acids. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 23, 187 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03170936
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03170936