Am. Jimenez et al., DIELS-ALDER CYCLOADDITION OF METHACROLEIN N,N-DIMETHYLHYDRAZONE TO 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVES, Heterocycles, 48(9), 1998, pp. 1867-1878
Diels-Alder cycloadditions of naphthoquinone derivatives (3-8) with me
thacrolein N,N-dimethylhydrazone (9) have been investigated. In the re
action with the quinones (3-4) and (8) the initial cycloadducts (10, 1
1 and 17a,b) were isolated in good yields. However, the cycloaddition
with quinones (5-7) affords directly the corresponding aromatized azaa
nthraquinones (12, 15a acid 16a,b) in good yields.