Chemical, pulse radiolysis and density functional studies of a new, labile 5, 6-indolequinone and its semiquinone

A Pezzella, O Crescenzi, A Natangelo…

Index: Tanoue, Yasuhiro; Hamada, Moritsugu; Kai, Norihisa; Sakata, Kazunori; Hashimoto, Mamoru; Nagai, Takeshi Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 2005 , vol. 42, # 6 p. 1195 - 1199

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Abstract

... The Journal of ... J. Org. Chem. ... Introduction. The 5,6-indolequinones are a highly elusive group of heterocyclic quinones 1 - 3 that provide the basic building blocks of eumelanins, the characteristic brown-to-black insoluble pigments of human skin, hair, eyes, and melanomas. ...