Description
Mechanism of NO(2)(+) nitration of 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene has beeen investigated. Photolysis of the 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene/tetranitromethane charge-transfer complex affords the triad of 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene radical cation, nitrogen dioxide and trinitromethanide ion.1,8-Dimethylnaphthalene has been used in the preparation of 1,4-endoperoxides via dyesensitized photo-oxygenation reaction