Thermal and acid-catalysed sigmatropic rearrangements of allylamino-methoxy-1,2-benzoquinones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0040-4020(96)00835-6

Thermal and acid-catalysed sigmatropic rearrangements of 4-(N-methyl-N-allylamino)-5-methoxy-1,2-benzoquinones 3 and of 4-(2-vinyl-aziridino or azetidino)-5-methoxy-1,2-benzoquinones 7 were studied and compared. The mechanisms of these reactions are discussed.