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Why products are differ,when 1-naphthol,2-naphthol are treated with Na/iso-C5H5O11(reduction)?

Why products are differ,when 1-naphthol,2-naphthol are treated with Na/iso-C5H5O11(reduction)?

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Pooja
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5 years ago
Dear Student,
This is because in the 1-naphthol, the adjacent ring is at the ortho position and it is more activated towards hydrogenation as it is elecron rich.
In 2-naphthol the ring is meta to the OH group and therefore it is not activated and hence the ring containing the OH group is reduced.

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