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Synthesis of highly functionalized 9,10-phenanthrenequinones by oxidative coupling using MoCl5
Trosien, Simon,Waldvogel, Siegfried R.
, p. 2976 - 2979 (2012/07/27)
The strong oxidative power of molybdenum pentachloride gives rise to an efficient oxidative C-C bond formation of benzil derivatives to the corresponding 9,10-phenanthrenequinones. A highly complementary method to previous approaches was developed. The required derivatives are accessible in a modular fashion and in excellent yields. By this approach the orchid-derived natural product cypripediquinone A was synthesized for the first time.
