Access to 1, 2, 3, 4-tetraoxygenated benzenes via a double Baeyer–Villiger reaction of quinizarin dimethyl ether: application to the synthesis of bioactive natural …

…, SY Yeung, BW Skelton, GR Flematti…

Index: Buccini, Marco; Punch, Kathryn A.; Kaskow, Belinda; Flematti, Gavin R.; Skelton, Brian W.; Abraham, Lawrence J.; Piggott, Matthew J. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2014 , vol. 12, # 7 p. 1100 - 1113

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Abstract

The first systematic investigation into the Baeyer–Villiger reaction of an anthraquinone is presented. The double Baeyer–Villiger reaction of quinizarin dimethyl ether is viable, directly providing the dibenzo [b, f][1, 4]-dioxocin-6, 11-dione ring-system, which is otherwise difficult