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Synfacts 2008(5): 0480-0480  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1072545
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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A ‘Natural’ Synthesis of Acenequinones

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
T. Suzuki, T. Hamura, K. Suzuki*
Tokyo Institute of Technology and CREST, Tokyo, Japan
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Publication Date:
23 April 2008 (online)

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Significance

The selective, successive ring expansion of two benzocyclobutene equivalents led to the formation of highly oxygenated benz­anthraquinones, 1 and 2, in moderate yields.