Iy. Mainagashev et Ls. Klimenko, SYNTHESIS OF 1-PHENYL-6H-ANTHRA[1,9-B,C]FURAN-6-ONE (FURANOANTHRONE) DERIVATIVES BY THE REACTION OF 1-ACYLOXY-9,10-ANTHRAQUINONES WITH BENZYL CYANIDE, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(11), 1996, pp. 2569-2573
The reactions of various 1-acyloxyanthraquinones with benzyl cyanide i
n DMSO in the presence of K2CO3 were studied. 1-Phenyl-6H-anthra[1,9-b
,c]furan-6-one derivatives are formed as the main reaction products. I
n the case of unsubstituted L-acyloxyanthraquinones, 1-phenyl-6H-anthr
a[1,9-b,c]furan-6-one and 1-phenylanthra[1,9-b,c]pyran-2,7-dione were
isolated. It was shown that furanoanthrones can be synthesized in two
steps via the corresponding pyronoanthrones.