A variety of naphthazarines type 4 and 8 were prepared through Diels-A
lder reactions of substituted 1,4-benzoquinones with 1,3-dienes. Thiel
e-Winter reaction of 5 afforded 6 which by chromic oxidation yielded n
aphthazarines 7 and/or naphthoquinones 9. Hydroxynaphthazarines of typ
e 8 were synthesized from 5 through 2,3-epoxides of the type 14. The s
tructural study of the products, by H-1-NMR, showed the typical tautom
erism of the naphthazarine system.