Environmentally benign contemporary Friedel-Crafts acylation of 1-halo-2-methoxynaphthalenes and its related compounds under conventional and nonconventional conditions

This study highlights environmentally benign simple and practical methods for the selective acylation of 1-halo-2-methoxynaphthalenes, anisole, 2-methoxypyridine, and 2-methoxypyrimidine in the presence of cationic micelles (CTAB and CTAC) under conventional and nonconventional (ultrasound and microwave) conditions for the first time.