Chemical Properties
WHITE TO ALMOST WHITE FINE CRYSTALLINE POWDER
Uses
1,8-Naphthalenedimethanol may be used in the synthesis of 1,8-bis-(chloromethyl)-naphthalene and 1,8-dimethylnaphthalene.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 34, p. 4335, 1986
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.34.4335
General Description
1,8-Naphthalenedimethanol, also known as 1,8-bis(hydroxymethyl)naphthalene, is an aromatic diol. It can be synthesized by the reduction of 1,8-naphthalic anhydride using lithium aluminum hydride. It crystallizes in the monoclinic space group
P2
1/
n.