Reaction of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and its 3-substituted derivatives with active methylene group anions and with diazo compounds

Boyle, P. H., O'Mahony, M. J. and Cardin, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9995 (1984) Reaction of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone and its 3-substituted derivatives with active methylene group anions and with diazo compounds. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1, 1 (4). pp. 593-601. ISSN 0300-922X doi: 10.1039/P19840000593

Abstract/Summary

The reaction of 2-chloro-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (3) with the anion of ethyl cyanoacetate led to a mixture of two epimeric fused-ring cyclopropane compounds, characterised as exo- and endo-1-cyano-1 -ethoxycarbonyl-1a-methyl-1a,7a-dihydro-1H-cyclopropa[b]naphthalene-2,7-dione (8) and (9). Various hydrolysis products of these were prepared and an X-ray crystallographic analysis was carried out on one of them, 1-carbamoyl-1 -carboxy-1a-methyl-1a,7a-dihydro-1H-cyclopropa[b]-naphthalene-2,7-dione (17). The reaction of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (1) with ethyl diazoacetate gave a fused pyrazoline derivative, 3-ethoxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-9a-methyl-1,9a-dihydro-benz[f]indazol-9-one (22), while reaction of 2-methyl-3-nitro-1,4-naphthoquinone (5) with diazomethane led to a fused Δ2-isoxazoline N-oxide, 3a-methyl-3,3a-dihydroisoxazolo[3,4-b]naphthalene-4,9-dione 1-oxide (26).

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
Publisher	Royal Society of Chemistry
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