CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONES FROM POLYMETHOXYNAPHTHALENES - OXIDATIVE DEMETHYLATION WITH SILVER-CATALYZED AMMONIUM PEROXODISULFATE

Authors
TANOUE Y SAKATA K HASHIMOTO M MORISHITA S HAMADA M KAI N NAGAI T
Citation
Y. Tanoue et al., CONVENIENT SYNTHESIS OF 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONES FROM POLYMETHOXYNAPHTHALENES - OXIDATIVE DEMETHYLATION WITH SILVER-CATALYZED AMMONIUM PEROXODISULFATE, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 67(9), 1994, pp. 2593-2595
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092673
Volume
67
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2593 - 2595
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2673(1994)67:9<2593:CSO1FP>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The oxidative demethylation of polymethoxynaphthalenes such as 1,4-di, 1,4,5-tri, 1,4,5,8-tetra, and 1,2,4,5,8-pentamethoxynaphthalenes with silver-catalyzed ammonium peroxodisulfate gave the corresponding 1,4- naphthoquinones in good yield under mild reaction conditions.