POLYCYCLIC HYDROXYQUINONES .29. REGIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS OF 5-SULFUR-SUBSTITUTED FURAN-2(5H)-ONE ANIONS WITH NAPHTHOQUINONE MONOKETALS - APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF ANTHRACYCLINONE PRECURSORS
P. Asenjo et al., POLYCYCLIC HYDROXYQUINONES .29. REGIOSELECTIVE REACTIONS OF 5-SULFUR-SUBSTITUTED FURAN-2(5H)-ONE ANIONS WITH NAPHTHOQUINONE MONOKETALS - APPLICATION TO THE SYNTHESIS OF ANTHRACYCLINONE PRECURSORS, Tetrahedron, 53(5), 1997, pp. 1823-1842
The anions of furanones 7-10, reacted with naphthoquinone monoketals 1
1-15 to afford exclusively the C-5 substituted Michael adducts in good
yield The annelation reactions of the anions generated from furanones
30 and 33 with naphthoquinone monoketals 11 and 12 lead to 2-sulphur-
substituted 1,4-anthraquinones 32, 35 and 36. Diels-Alder reaction of
the 1,4-anthraquinones 41 and 42 with (E)-1,3-bis[(trimethylsilyl)oxy]
buta-1,3-diene (37) affords ABCD tetracyclic systems related to those
existing in anthracyclinones. (C) 1997, Elsevier Science Ltd.