Abstract The title reaction has been applied to 10 monosubstituted p-benzoquinones (Scheme 2, Table). The regioselectively of the O-phosphorylation is influenced by bulky substituents (t-butyl and trimethylsilyl) and, electronically, by the methoxy group. The regioselectivity, which is high in nonpolar media (benzene), is lower in polar solvents (CH 2 Cl 2) and (CH 3 CN). The synthetic potential of this transformation, exemplified by the ...
[Tsutsui, Shinobu; Sakamoto, Kenkichi; Ebata, Keisuke; Kabuto, Chizuko; Sakurai, Hideki Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2002 , vol. 75, # 12 p. 2571 - 2577]