... Abstract. Functionally substituted organoboranes readily react with p-benzoquinone yielding the corresponding functionally substituted hydroquinones in essentially quantitative yields. Download full text in PDF. Tetrahedron Vol 29, pp 1159 to 1162 Pergamon Press 1973 Printed m Great Bntain A NEW SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONALLY, SUBSTITUTED HYDROQUINONESt GW KABALKA* University of Tennessee, Department of Chemistry, Knoxville ...