%0 Journal Article %T ADDITION OF UNSYMMETRICAL DIENES TO ACYL-1,4-BENZOQUINONES AND OXIDATION OF THE ADDUCTS WITH MANGANESE DIOXIDE: A REGIOSPECIFIC ROUTE TO MONO- AND DI-METHYL-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONES %J Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran %I University of Tehran %Z 1016-1104 %D 2000 %\ 09/01/2000 %V 11 %N 3 %P - %! ADDITION OF UNSYMMETRICAL DIENES TO ACYL-1,4-BENZOQUINONES AND OXIDATION OF THE ADDUCTS WITH MANGANESE DIOXIDE: A REGIOSPECIFIC ROUTE TO MONO- AND DI-METHYL-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONES %R %X Regioselective Diels-Alder reactions of acyl-1,4-benzoquinones 1 with, severally, isoprene, trans-piperylene,1-acetoxy-1,3-butadiene and 1-methoxy-1,3-butadiene gave the corresponding adducts 2 in high yield. Treatment of the adducts 2 with manganese dioxide gave regiospecifically the corresponding 1,4-naphthoquinones 3. In several cases, the adducts of the acetylquinones afforded intermediates of type 4, which subsequently gave the corresponding naphthoquinones by de-acetylation and aromatization. %U https://jsciences.ut.ac.ir/article_31838_3b80911a9bf7e41c93eb5a5fbf28ab6f.pdf