Chemical Properties
Thick colorless yellow to yellow-brown liquid with a pungent odor. Insoluble in water, miscible with alcohol, ether, benzene and chloroform. 1-Bromonaphthalene is one of two isomeric bromonaphthalenes, the other being 2-bromonaphthalene.
Uses
1-Bromonaphthalene is used in organic synthesis and refractometry of fats. It is used in the preparation of N-aryl imidazoles and diaryl ethers. It is used to determine the refractive index of crystals and the water content of alcohols. It is utilized in the preparation of glutathione peroxidase-like antioxidant activity of diaryl diselenides. Further, it serves as a solvent for the exfoliation and dispersion of hexabenzocoronene. In addition to this, it is used as a refrigerant and a solvent molecular weight substance.
Application
1-Bromonaphthalene is a bromoarene that can be used in:
Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction with potassium aryltrifluoroborates without the use of phase-transfer catalysts or phosphine ligands.
The preparation of indeno annelated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by reacting with o-bromobenzeneboronic acid and oligocyclic bromoarenes via Suzuki-Heck type coupling.
Ni catalyzed Kumada–Tamao–Corriu cross-coupling reaction with PhMgBr.
The preparation of arylnaphthalenes via palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction with aryl boronic acid.
Preparation
1-Bromonaphthalene is synthesized by the reaction of naphthalene with bromine: C10H8+ Br2→ C10H7Br + HBr.
Reaction: add carbon tetrachloride and naphthalene in the reaction pot, stirring and heating, and slowly add bromine at 45℃. After adding, keep the reaction at 70-80℃ for 3-4h. distillation to recover carbon tetrachloride, wash the reaction product, distill under reduced pressure, wash again, filter, dry and get the finished product.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 1, p. 121, 1941
Tetrahedron, 64, p. 4999, 2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2008.03.085
General Description
The vibrational spectra of 1-bromonaphthalene has been studied.
Purification Methods
Purify 1-bromonaphthalene by passage through activated alumina, and three vacuum distillations. [Beilstein 5 H 547, 5 IV 1665.]
