Convenient preparations of the three 2,3-dihalo-1,4-benzoquinones

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919908086039

Efficient preparations of 2,3-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinone (1) and 2,3- dibromo-1,4-benzoquinone (2) from 1,4-benzoquinone are reported, as is the synthesis of the previously unknown 2,3-diiodo-1,4-benzoquinone (3) from 2.

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Convenient Preparations of
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Duyi Yu & Daniell Lewis Mattern
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Chemistry Department, University of Mississippi,
University, MS, 38677, USA
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To cite this article: Duyi Yu & Daniell Lewis Mattern (1999): Convenient Preparations
of the Three 2,3-dihalo-1,4-benzoquinones, Synthetic Communications: An
International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 29:5,
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