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Upstream product

• 78209-92-4 3-oxobut-1-en-2-yl benzoate 
• 89023-98-3 3,10-Dihydroxy-1,2-dihydro-cyclobuta[b]anthracene-4,9-dione 
• 643-79-8 o-phthalic dicarboxaldehyde 
• 89023-97-2 Acetic acid 10-acetoxy-4,9-dioxo-1,2,4,9-tetrahydro-cyclobuta[b]anthracen-3-yl ester 
• 89023-96-1 Acetic acid 10-acetoxy-1,2-dihydro-cyclobuta[b]anthracen-3-yl ester 
• 89023-95-0 1,2,2a,10a-Tetrahydro-cyclobuta[b]anthracene-3,10-dione 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

1,2-Dihydro-3,10-dihydroxycyclobut[b]anthracene-4,9-dione, a key intermediate for 4-demethoxyanthracyclinones

The title compound synthesized in four steps from bicyclo[4.2.0]octane-2,5-dione and o-phthaldehyde undergoes cleanly thermolytic intermolecular Diels-Alder reactions providing a general synthesis of 7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,11-dihydroxy-5,12-naphthacenedino