A study of St. von Kostaneckis synthesis of alpha naphthoflavone by Wendell Iver Wall A THESIS Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Chemistry Montana State University © Copyright by Wendell Iver Wall (1933) Abstract: 1. Alpha-naphtholflavone was not successfully prepared by the writer in studying Kostanecki’s synthesis. 2. The various steps along the synthesis were studied with special emphasis on products of 2-benzalacetonaphthol preparation. More work on the final steps is necessary. 3. Several possible tautomers of intermediate products were isolated. 4. One definite example of a possible molecular rearrangement is cited. 5. A method for obtaining more uniform results and better yields was found for the 3-aceto-1-naphthol preparation. 6. It was shown that color did not correlate with the various melting points in the case of 2-aceto-1-naphthol as pointed out by Witt and Braun. 7. In future runs of 2-benzalacetonaphthol it seems more desirable to use less than the calculated amount of sodium hydroxide and heat reaction longer. 8. This study opened up many new, interesting and unsolved problems for future investigation. A STUDY OF S T . YON ICOSTANEGKIt S SYNTHESIS' OF ALPHA NAPHTHOFLAYONE. BY WENDELL I , WALL. 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I t was t h e a im o f t h e w r i t e r t o w o rk o u t s t e p b y s t e p t h e s y n t h e s i s a n d t o i s o l a t e t h e d e s i r e d e n d p r o d u c t s i n p u r e f o n ru L a b o ra to x y c o n d i t i o n s w ere v a r ie d i n e v e ry c a s e , su c h a s te m p e ra tu re , tim e , p ro c e d u re an d co n cen ­ t r a t i o n o f re a g e n ts ! The s u c c e s s o f e a c h s t e p was. b a s e d u p o n c o r r e l a t i o n i n e v e ry c a se w ith th e in te rm e d ia te p ro d u c ts o b ta in e d by E o a ta n e c k ij th e u ltim ­ a t e a im b e in g , g o o d y i e l d s * c o r r e c t m e ltin g p o in t, c o lo r an d c r y s t a l l i n e fo rm . 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I n m any c a s e s o h e w as l e d t o b e li e v e ; t h a t t a u t o m e r s w e re o b ­ ta in e d in s te a d o f th e p ro d u c ts sought f o r ; w o u ld h a v e b e e n t o .A lthough t h e i d e a l c o n d i t i o n d e f i n i t e l y e s t a b l i s h t h e i d e n t i t y o f t h e v a r i o u s compounds* t h e v a s t am ount o f tim e a n d w ork r e q u i r e d to do t h i s f o r c e d the- w r i t e r t o abandon t h i s s i t u a t i o n ; I n some c a s e s * how ever* u l t i m a t e a n a l y s i s , o f t h e com pounds w ere a t t e m p t e d b u t d e f i n i t e i d e n t i t y was n o t e s t a b l i s h e d ; The phenom ena o f i n t r a m o l e c u l a r r e a r r a n g e m e n t o f o n e compound w a s v e r y e v i d e n t i n one c a s e ; A m ore d e t a i l e d d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e r e s u l t s o f t h i s w ork w i l l be g i v e n in . t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l p a r t o f t h i s p a p e r ; A m o d i f i c a t i o n o f t h e m eth o d o f p r e p a r i n g 2 - a e e t o - l n a p h th o l* w h e re b y one c a n g e t b e t t e r y i e l d s a n d a m o re p u r e p r o d u c t was w o rk ed o u t ; A m o re d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h i s w i l l a l s o b e g iv e n i n th e e x p e rim e n ta l p a r t o f t h i s p a p e r; The p r e s e n c e o f ta u to m e r s i* 5 .£ in . th.e c a s e o f 2 a c e t o - l - n a p h t h o l h a s b e e n p o s t u l a t e d b y W i t t a n d B ra u n 9 i n t h e i r s tu d y o f t h e a c e t o n a p h t h o l s s T h is, sam e g r o u p in g w as p r e s e n t th ro u g h -^ o u t t h e r e m a in d e r o f t h e i n t e r m e d i a t e p r o d u c t s so o n e w o u ld n a t u r a l l y p o s tu ^ l a t e t h a t ta u to m e rs e x is te d i n th e o th e r in te r m e d ia te s ; 8-A0ET0-1-HAPHTH0L. M e th o d ; . T he m e th o d u s e d i n p r e p a r i n g 2 - a c e t o - l - n a p h t h o l was t h a t - .g o u t l i n e d b y W i t t a n d - B r a u n iv T he p r o c e d u r e i s b r i e f l y a s f o l l o w s ; D is s o lv e 60 go o f a l p h a - n a p h t h o l i n 3 0 c e ; o f a c e t i c a c i d a n d 45 g , o f a c e t i c a n h y ­ d r id e ; to t h i s m ix tu re ad d 30 g , o f z in c c h lb r i d e . 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The r e m a in in g l i g h t g r e y c r y s t a l s a r e r e c r y s t a l l i z e d fro m a lc o h o l* t h e r e b y p r o d u c in g a d e t o n a p h t h o l i n a p p l e g r e e n c r y s t a l s ; m e l t i n g a t I O l-IO S 0Gi D i s c u s s i o n O f E x p e r im e n ta l. Work. On 2 - A c e t o - l - H a p h t h o l : The f i r s t d i f ­ f i c u l t y e n c o u n te r e d i n t h i s s t e p w a s t h e i n c o n s i s t e n c y o f t h e y i e l d s ; I t w as fo u n d t h a t i f one h e a t e d t h e p r e p a r a t i o n to o l o n g , t o o much o f t h e r e d o i l y 6 i m p u r i t i e s w e re p r o d u c e d . I f o n e h e a te d t h e m i x t u r e a b o v e t h e b o i l i n g , p o i n t o f a c e t i c a n h y d r i d e (1 4 0 ° C ») , t h e r e w as a. t e n d e n c y to p ro d u c e t h e d l - a c e t o n a p h th o l and l a r g e q u a n t i t i e s o f th e r e d o i l y l i q u i d im p u r ity . 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I n t h e new m eth o d t o b e o u t l i n e d f o r t h e s a t i s f a c t o r y p r e p a r a t i o n o f 2 - a c e to - l- n a p h th o l; a l l m o d if ic a tio n s o f th e g e n e ra l p ro c e d u re have b e e n fo u n d b y e x p e r im e n t t o m a t e r i a l l y a i d i n o b t a i n i n g g o o d y i e l d s a n d u n if o r m p r o d u c t s ; TABLE I . RUKtS OF' 2-ACET0-1-IMPHTH0L. Eo o Gram s o f a -n a p h th o l used . B er cent ... . . y i e l d - I; Si s. ■4o Si 6» 7. Si 9. 36 60 60 30 30 30 60 60 . SO 5 63 3 88 33 13 IQ i Ili SO 315 19 60 IS i IS i Mi 350 190 400 70 50 73 15, 300 75 16 i 60 83 17 i 18; 300 300 7 5 -8 0 7 0 -8 0 43 - H e a tin g t im e fo r re a c tio n . m ix tu re , , - . - H f s , M in ; Tempi,., ■30 140 140 30 140 4 w a te r P a th I 135 10 140 30 135 I 30 135 I 34 w a t e r P a t h 30 130 3 135 3 135 10 135 3 30 135 135 I 3 130 30 135 3 138 10 140 13 w a te r P a th 135 210 MO Same a s (1 6 ) it it « I M. 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The p r e c i p i t a t e f l o c c u l a t e s , r i s i n g to th e The p r e c i p i t a t e i s r e c r y s t a l l i z e d fro m a l c o h o l o r The c r y s t a l s b e in g b r i g h t y e llo w p l a t e s m e l t a t 9 5 ;5 0- 9 6 06', Some o f t h i s y e llo w m a t e r i a l i s a l s o o b t a i n e d i n t h e f i n a l d i l u t i o n o f t h e a l c o h o l f i l t r a t e s in th e p u r i f i c a t i o n o f th e above o ra n g e p r e c i p i t a t e . The o r a n g e c r y s t a l s w i t h a m e l t i n g p o i n t o f. 1 2 6 ;5 0-1 2 7 ° C , s h a l l be known i n t h i s p a p e r a s compound (Q ), t h e l i g h t o r a n g e c r y s t a l s w ith a m e l t i n g p o i n t o f 760-7 S °G , a s com pound (D) a n d t h e y e llo w c r y s t a l s m e l t i n g a t 9 5 ,5 0-9 6 ° Q , a s compound ( E ) . 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S p e c i a l r u n s o f com pounds C a n d E o b t a i n e d i n t h e 2 - b e n z a l a c e t o n a p h t h d l p r e p a r a t i o n w e re m ade t h r o u g h t h e f i n a l s t e p s ; The i n t e r m e d i a t e p r o d u c t s w e re - 22 p u r i f i e d , b y r e c r y s t a l l i z a t i o n i n e a c h s t e p f o r t h e s a k e o t c o m p a rin g t h e two ru n s; A re su m e o f t h e r u n s i s g iv e n b e lo w ; Run S - I : (P ro d u c t o f ru n ( I ) , T a b le .I I I 0 ) I ; A c e ty la tio n . D ark y e llo w p l a t e s fro m a l c o h o l ; M0P . 93—S6°G », ( E b s t a n e c k i s f M;P» 95—96 C*) 2 . B ro m in at i o n ; • HBr g iv e n o f f ^ Y e llo w n e e d l e s fro m a l c o h o l i M .P . 1 2 5 -1 2 7 0C«, ( K o s ta n e c k is t M .P . 1 8 6 -1 8 7 G. ) P o s i t i v e b ro m in e t e s t ; 3» A l c o h o l i c KOH. B o i l e d w i t h a l c o h o l a n d d e c o l o r i z i n g c a r b o n . P a l e g r e e n c r y s t a l s , M .P ; 1 2 7 . 5 1 2 8 % . , ( K o s t a n e c k i s t M .P . 1 5 4 -1 5 6 °G . } . d i s s o l v e d i n c o n c e n t r a t e d s u l f u r i c , a c i d w i t h a n o r a n g e y e llo w c o l o r ; I s . s o l u b l e i n h o t a l c o h o l , a c e t o n e , benzene.;. N e g a t iv e q u a l i t a t i v e t e s t f o r b ro m in e ; A n a ly s is H o; # 5 8 ;3 1 49; 92 5 1 ;3 6 4 7 .6 3 4 5 .5 8 36 s 55 4 .1 5 7 3 .2 5 2 2 ;9 2 0 3 .0 3 2 2 ; 529 5 ; 86 I. 2; 3« 4; 5. 6. #2374555 (W a ll) ■ 4 6 ;8 2 8 4 5 ; 72 ( D a ja n i) tt 4 9 .5 3 8 5 1 .8 9 * tl 5 9 .5 9 Due t o t h e f a i l u r e t o g e t d e s i r a b l e c h e c k s i n a n a l y s i s tin com pound o f r u n G - l , a n d l a c k o f t im e t o m ake f u r t h e r a n a l y s e s , t h e a u t h o r th o u g h t i t u n d e s i r a b l e t o a t t e m p t t o a s s i g n a f o r m u la t o t h e p r o d u c t . . R un H - I i (P ro d u c t o f r u n ( I ) , T a b le I I I . ) I ; A c e ty la te d ; B r i g h t y e llo w l e a v e s ; H .P ; 1 2 5 ;5 - 1 2 6 % ;, ( 'K o s ta n e c k is f M .P . 9 5 - 9 6 % .) 2 . B r c m i n a ti o n . HO HBr g i v e n . o f f . _ - ... 0 O ra n g e y e llo w c r y s t a l s fro m a c e to n e , i n s o l u b l e i n a l c o h o l ; M .P ; 1 6 8 -1 7 1 C», ( K o s t a n e c k i s f M .P; 1 8 6 - 1 8 7 % .) P o s i t i v e b ro m in e t e s t . 3 . A l c o h o li c KOH.. R e flu x : f o r o n e - h a l f h o u r . O ran g e c r y s t a l s f ro m b e n z e n e , u s i n g d e c o l o r i z i n g c a r ­ b o n . M .P . 1 7 3 - 1 7 5 % ., ( K o S ta n e c k is t M ;P . 1 5 4 - 1 5 6 % .) ; W ent i n t o s u l f u r i c a c i d w ith a deep re d c o lo r . S o lu b le i n h o t a c e t o n e a n d b e n z e n e . 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M ore w ork on t h e f i n a l s te p s i s n e c e ssa ry ; : Sa S e v e r a l p o s s i b l e t a u to m e r s o f i n t e r m e d i a t e p r o d u c t s w e re i s o l a t e d . 4; One d e f i n i t e exam ple o f a p o s s i b l e m o l e c u l a r r e a r r a n g e m e n t i s c i t e d ; 5. £ m eth o d f o r o b t a i n i n g m ore u n if o r m r e s u l t s a n d b e t t e r y i e l d s w as fo u n d f o r t h e 2 - a c e t o - l - n a p h t h o l p r e p a r a t i o n ; 6. I t was shown t h a t c o l o r d i d n o t c o r r e l a t e w ith t h e v a r i o u s m e l t i n g p o i n t s i n t h e c a s e o f 2 - a c e t o - l - n a p h t h o l a s p o i n t e d o u t b y W itt a n d B ra u n ; 7. I n f u t u r e ru n s o f 2 -b e n z a la c e to n a p h th o l i t seem s m o re d e s i r a b l e t o u s e l e s s t h a n th e c a l c u l a t e d am ount o f so d iu m h y d r o x id e a n d h e a t r e a c t i o n lo n g e r; 8. 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