Journal of the American Chemical Society

Hydroxynaphthoquinones. IV. Photochemical β-Oxidation of Side Chains

MG Ettlinger

Index: Ettlinger Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1950 , vol. 72, p. 3666,3672

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Citation Number: 8

Abstract

During an investigation2 of the distribution of hydroxynaphthoquinones between ether and aqueous buffers, it was accidentally observed that a dilute (20 mg./100 cc.) solution of hydrolapachols (I, R=(CH&CH (CH&) in wet ether decomposed on standing for a week in a flask on a desk top with formation of a more hydrophilic quinone.