Reactions of 1-Naphthols with .PI.-Acceptor p-Benzoquinones: Oxidative Aryl Coupling vs. Non-Oxidative Electrophilic Arylation

Accession number;05A0106839
Title;Reactions of 1-Naphthols with .PI.-Acceptor p-Benzoquinones: Oxidative Aryl Coupling vs. Non-Oxidative Electrophilic Arylation
Author; TAKEYA T (Showa Pharmaceutical Univ., Tokyo, Jpn) KONDO H (Showa Pharmaceutical Univ., Tokyo, Jpn) OTSUKA T (Showa Pharmaceutical Univ., Tokyo, Jpn) DOI H (Showa Pharmaceutical Univ., Tokyo, Jpn) OKAMOTO I (Showa Pharmaceutical Univ., Tokyo, Jpn) KOTANI E (Showa Pharmaceutical Univ., Tokyo, Jpn)
Journal Title;Chem Pharm Bull
Journal Code:G0504A
ISSN:0009-2363
VOL.53;NO.2;PAGE.199-206(2005)
Figure&Table&Reference;TBL.2, REF.54
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;We investigated the reactions of various 1-naphthols (NPOHs; 1) with p-benzoquinones (Qs), such as 1,4-benzoquinone (BQ) and p-chloranil (CA), as .PI.-electron acceptors. With electron-rich NPOHs 1a-c, oxidative biaryl coupling and subsequent dehydrogenation reaction took place selectively to give the corresponding 2,2'-binapthyl-1,1'-quinones 3a-c in excellent yield. In the case of electron-deficient NPOHs 1e, f, two different types of reactions occurred in the presence of SnCl4 and ZrO2 under similar conditions: SnCl4 mediated oxidative dimerization and trimerization of NPOH, while ZrO2 promoted electrophilic arylation of Qs with NPOH. The resulting products 3 would be useful synthetic intermediates for naturally occurring diosindigo B, biramentaceone and violet-quinone. (author abst.)
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