Total syntheses of the methyl ether ester derivatives of the coccid anthraquinones laccaic acid D and kermesic acid

1 January 1978

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

No. 9,p. 1041-1046
https://doi.org/10.1039/p19780001041

Abstract

4-Methoxy-2-trimethylsiloxypenta-1,3-diene and its 3-methoxycarbonyl derivative react readily and regiospecifically with halogenoquinones; the reactions have led to simple syntheses of deoxyerythrolaccin, laccaic acid D, and kermesic acid.