Selective Halogenation of 1,4-Benzoquinones and 1,4-Naphthoquinones with Copper(II) Halide Adsorbed on Alumina

1 August 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Synthetic Communications

Vol. 23 (15) , 2083-2089
https://doi.org/10.1080/00397919308018601

Abstract

1,4-Benzoquinone or 1,4-naphthoquinone and their derivatives have been halogenated selectively at quinonoid positions with copper(II) halide adsorbed on neutral alumina followed by refluxing in halobenzene to give mono- di-, tri- and tetra-halo-quinones.

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