REACTION OF 9-t-BUTYL-10-METHYL-9,10-ENDOTRIOXY-9,10-DIHYDROANTHRACENE WITH TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1985.993

9-t-butyl-10-methyl-9,10-endotrioxy-9,10-dihydroanthracene underwent reductive decomposition readily with transition metal compounds having one-electron reducibility to result unexpectedly in the specific cleavage of the shorter O-O bond close to the t-butyl group in the trioxide finally giving rise to 10-methyloxanthrone and t-butyl alcohol.A plausible mechanism is discussed.