The Synthesis of 3, 4-Benzphenanthrene and 1-Methylpyrene

WE Bachmann, RO Edgerton

Index: Bachmann; Edgerton Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1940 , vol. 62, p. 2970,2972

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Abstract

Summary Certain considerations suggest that, in the series embracing quinones having a fatty acid side chain, compounds may be found possessing interesting biological actions. As a first step in a study of such substances, the known o-hydroxybenzoyl derivatives of propionic and valeric acid were reduced by the Clemmensen method and the products were converted through the $-sulfobenzeneazo and amino derivatives into y-quinonylbutyric ...