“…[This procedure is representative of the syntheses of the 2-(3,4-dihydro-l-naphthyl)-3-methylbutanoic acids.] A mixture of 25.2 g (0.151 mol) of ethyl bromoacetate and 26.0 g (0.144 mol) of 5-chloro-1-tetralone (Strehlke et al, 1975) was converted to 33.4 g (86%) of the expected ßhydroxy ester by using standard Reformatsky procedures (Gruber et al, 1976): NMR (CDC13) 1.21 (t, 3 H), 1.50-2.40 (m, 4 ), 2.50-3.20 (m, 4 ), 4.15 (q, 2 ), 4.70 (br s, 1 H), 6.83-7.73 (m, 3 H).…”