Synthesis 1990; 1990(4): 350-352
DOI: 10.1055/s-1990-26875
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Synthesis of 5-Anilino-2-phenylthio-1,4-benzoquinones

Shmuel Bittner* , Penina Krief
  • *Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84120, Israel
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Publication Date:
17 September 2002 (online)

Reductive addition of substituted anilines to 2-phenylthio-1, 4-benzoquinone followed by oxidation of a second molecule of the quinone, affords a series of 5-amino-2-thio-substituted 1, 4-benzoquinones in good yields.

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