4-Methyl-1-naphthoic acid
1-Acetyl-4-methylnaphthalene (40.66 g, 0.22 mol) was refluxed for 4.5 h with a hypochlorite solution prepared by dissolving NaOH (100g, 2.5mol) in water (135ml) and ice (500g), and bubbling CI2, into this solution until the increase in weight was 71 g (1 mol). The...