475662-17-0Relevant articles and documents
A direct synthesis of denbinobin
Kraus, George A.,Zhang, Ning
, p. 9597 - 9599 (2002)
Denbinobin was made in seven steps from quinone 3. The cyclization of aldehyde 12 using P4-tBu and the oxidation of a hindered alcohol with MnO2 were key steps.
Synthesis of phenanthrenes from formylbenzoquinone
Kraus, George A,Hoover, Kim,Zhang, Ning
, p. 5319 - 5321 (2007/10/03)
Phenanthrenes are synthesized by condensation of formylbenzoquinone with a substituted toluene followed by O-methylation and cyclization using the phosphazine base P4-tBu.