The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Quinone photochemistry. A general synthesis of acylhydroquinones

GA Kraus, M Kirihara

Index: Kraus, George A.; Kirihara, Masayuki Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 11 p. 3256 - 3257

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Abstract

The synthesis of dihydroxy ketones such as 1 is usually accomplished by a sequence involving Friedel-Crafts acylation and hydrolysis.' This sequence works well in ... OH OH 1 many instances, but imposes certain restrictions on func- tionality that can be accomodated in both the acyl unit and the aromatic substrate. A direct and potentially general route to these dihydroxy ketones might be the photochemically mediated reaction between a quinone and an ...