Curious reduction products from a strained polycyclic quinone

被引:12
作者
Zhang, JJ [1 ]
Ho, DM [1 ]
Pascal, RA [1 ]
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Chem, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/S0040-4039(99)00643-7
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Sodium borohydride reduction of 9,11,20,22-tetraphenyltetrabenzo[a,c,l,n]pentacene-10,21- dione (1), a strained polycyclic quinone, followed by an aqueous workup does not give the conventional hydroquinone 2. Instead, reduction of an adjacent aromatic ring leads to the cis-9,22-dihydro compound 3 in which steric crowding is substantially relieved. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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