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Stability of Alkoxy-substituted Inden-2-ones and 6,7-Dimethoxy-1,4-diphenyl-2,3-naphthoquinone
Bradshaw, David P.,Jones, David W.,Nongrum, Firstborn Metthew
, p. 19 - 23 (2007/10/02)
5,6-Dimethoxy-1,3-diphenylinden-2-one 4 and 5,6-dimethoxy-1,3-di-o-tolylinden-2-one 5 have been generated by dehydrobromination of 1-bromo-5,6-dimethoxy-1,3-diarylindan-2-ones.They appear more stable than the corresponding inden-2-ones lacking methoxyl substituents.In particular, 5 fails to dimerise at 20 deg C whereas other known inden-2-ones dimerise even at low temperature. 6,7-Dimethoxy-1,4-diphenyl-2,3-naphthoquinone 8 generated by lead tetraacetate oxidation of the corresponding dihydroxynaphthalene appears less persistent than the corresponding quinone lacking methoxyl substituents, perhaps because of easier reaction with lead tetraacetate.