A Practical Synthesis of 1,4,5,8-Tetramethoxyanthracene
from Inexpensive and Readily Available 1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone

Tushar S. Navale; Rajendra Rathore

doi:10.1055/s-0031-1289695

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A Practical Synthesis of 1,4,5,8-Tetramethoxyanthracene from Inexpensive and Readily Available 1,8-Dihydroxyanthraquinone

Tushar S. Navale, Rajendra Rathore*
Marquette University, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
Fax: +1(414)2887066; e-Mail: Rajendra.Rathore@marquette.edu ;

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The preparation of gram quantities of 1,4,5,8-tetramethoxyanthracene from commercially available and inexpensive 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone is described. The key steps in the synthesis involve bromination of 1,8-dimethoxyanthracene to form 1,8-dibromo-4,5-dimethoxyanthracene followed by Cu(I) catalyzed replacement of bromo substituents with methoxy groups. The contrasting reports concerning the preparation of 1,8-dimethoxyanthracene from 1,8-dimethoxyanthraquinone using zinc dust in refluxing acetic acid are also discussed.

Key words

anthraquinones - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - copper(I) bromide - bromination - zinc

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