Sulfide, 1-naphthyl isopropyl

Naphthyl phenyl sulfide is desulfurized to naphthalene on refluxing with lithium aluminum hydride and titanium tetrachloride, and 1-naphthyl ethyl sulfide and 1-naphthyl isopropyl sulfide are converted to naphthalene on treatment with ethanethiol and anhydrous aluminum chloride (equation 83). ... 

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