Ms. Shvartsberg et al., AN UNUSUAL DIRECTION OF THE RICHTER SYNTHESIS - 1H-NAPHTHO[2,3-G]INDAZOLE-6,11-DIONES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(36), 1994, pp. 6749-6752
Diazotization of 2-acetylenic derivatives of 1-aminoanthraquinone foll
owed by intramolecular cyclization leads to the formation is good yiel
ds of 1H-3-acyl- or -dichloroalkyl)naphtho[2,3-g]indazole-6,11-diones,
rather than 3-substituted 4-hydroxynahtho[2,3-h]cinnoline-7,1 2-dione
s, the normal Richter synthesis products.