General synthesis of chiral 2-p-tolylsulfinylquinones.

MC Carreño, JLG Ruano, JM Mata, A Urbano

Index: Carreno, M. Carmen; Ruano, Jose L. Garcia; Mata, Jose M.; Urbano, Antonio Tetrahedron, 1991 , vol. 47, # 4/5 p. 605 - 614

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Abstract

Optically pure (S)-p-tolylsulfinyl substituted quinones were synthesized by deketalization of the corresponding quinone bisketals obtained by Andersen's type synthesis starting from 2- bromo-1, 4-dimethoxy aromatic derivatives, followed by anodic oxidation of the resulting sulfoxide.