1-Naphthalenemethanol

yellowish fine crystalline powder

1-Naphthalenemethanol was used to investigate UV photooxidation of 1-methylnaphthalene in the presence of dry or humid air.

ChEBI: A naphthylmethanol that is methanol in which one of the hydrogens of the methyl group is replaced by a naphthalen-1-yl group.

Tetrahedron Letters, 34, p. 4893, 1993 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74039-1

3′-Phosphoadenylyl sulfate dependent sulfation of 1-naphthalenemethanol catalyzed by isoenzyme of arylsulfotransferase has been studied. 1-Naphthalenemethanol is an intermediate photolysis product of 1-napthaleneacetic acid.