THE INFLUENCE OF ALKALI ON THE OXIDATION OF TETRALIN
- 1 May 1956
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 34 (5), 600-608
- https://doi.org/10.1139/v56-083
Abstract
Strong alkalies are powerful catalysts for the initial oxidation of tetralin but their catalytic activity is rapidly replaced by an inhibiting action which makes oxidation of more than 5% of the tetralin an exceedingly slow process. Inhibition is due to the base catalyzed enolization and oxidation of the initial product, 1-tetralone, to various naphtholic compounds. Ring scission yields β-2-carboxyphenylpropionic acid. The rate shows a certain periodicity which may be due to the reaction proceeding by a series of consecutive autocatalytic steps.Keywords
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