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Synfacts 2010(1): 0047-0047  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1218425
Synthesis of Materials and Unnatural Products
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Quinone-ly You

Contributor(s): Timothy M. Swager, Trisha L. Andrew
K. Krohn*, A. Aslan, I. Ahmed, G. Pescitelli, T. Funaioli
Universität Paderborn, Germany and Università di Pisa, Italy
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Publication Date:
21 December 2009 (online)

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Significance

Attempts to demethylate the 1,4-phenanthrenequinone (1) using standard conditions yielded an unexpected halogenated derivative. Alternative conditions using trimethylsilyl ­iodide or cerium ammonium nitrate were found to yield the desired diquinone 2 in moderate yield.