Vp. Anufriev et al., THE REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION OF HALO-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHAZARINS AND QUINIZARINS AS A SIMPLE ROUTE TO PARENT COMPOUNDS, Synthetic communications, 28(12), 1998, pp. 2149-2157
By the reaction of 2-chloro-3-alkyl-, 2,3-dichloro(dibromo)-, trichlor
o(tribromo)-and tetrachloro(tetrabromo)-naphthazarins and 2,3-dichloro
quinizarin with Fe/HOAc followed by oxidation with an air in a mild ba
sic conditions the corresponding naphthazarins and quinizarin were obt
ained in good to excellent yields.