<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumaraguru, Thenkrishnan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Devi, Ayala Vedamayee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Siddaiah, Vidavalur</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rajdeo, Kishor</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fadnavis, Nitin W.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Regioselective acylation of 2-methoxy naphthalene catalyzed by supported 12-phosphotungstic acid</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Applied Catalysis A-General</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acylation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Naproxen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phosphotungstic acid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Silica gel</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Supported</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zirconium sulfate</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">486</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">55-61</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;12-Phosphotungstic acid supported on silica gel, zirconium sulfate, and a combination of silica gel and zirconium sulfate (50% w/w) were employed as solid acid catalysts for regioselective acylation of 2-methoxynaphtalene with acetic anhydride. 1-(6-Methoxynaphthalen-2-yl)ethanone (2,6-AMN), a commercially important intermediate for production of Naproxen, was obtained with excellent selectivity (&amp;gt;98%) at 67-68% conversion using 12-phosphotungstic acid supported on silica gel 20% (w/w) in refluxing tetrachloroethane. The unreacted starting material can be easily separated from the product by a simple crystallization from nonane. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4.18</style></custom4></record></records></xml>