Table 1.

Results of the reactions of resorcinols and naphthols with citronellal ^a.

Entry	Starting Material	Citronellal	Product	Yield (%)
1		9a		68
2		9a		87
3		9a		75
3		9a		92
4		9a		72
5		9b		70
6		9b		87
7		9b		90
8		9b		75

^a Reaction conditions: starting material (1.0 mmol), citronellal (1.5 mmol), EDDA (20% mol), TEA (0.2% mol) in xylene [21].