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Biomimetic synthesis of the dinaphthofuranquinone violet-quinone, utilizing oxidative dimerization with the ZrO 2/O 2 system

T Ogata, I Okamoto, E Kotani, T Takeya

Index: Ogata, Tokutaro; Okamoto, Iwao; Kotani, Eiichi; Takeya, Tetsuya Tetrahedron, 2004 , vol. 60, # 18 p. 3941 - 3948

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Abstract

The first total and biomimetic synthesis of violet-quinone (), which has a dinaphthofuranquinone (DNFQ) framework, is described. This synthesis features the oxidative dimerization of 1-naphthol and the construction of the DNFQ framework by ...