Department of Organic Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, S-402 20 Gothenburg, Sweden Received July 18, 1975 ... (3) was prepared from 2,g-di-tert- butyl-1,4-benzoquin- ... 1 2a,R= H eg, R = CH, b, R = tert-butyl C, R = CH,, The chemistry of 3,5-di-tert-butylfuchsone (2b) has been the subject of detailed investigation^.^ This com- pound is easily reduced to give 3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydrox- ... Figure 1. Electronic absorption ...