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Synthesis
Synthesis of Siloxy-α-Lapachone Derivatives by Chemo-and Regioselective Diels-Alder Reactions of 3-Methylene-1, 2, 4-naphthotriones with Silyl Enol Ethers
Abstract o-Quinone methides, generated in situ from the Knoevenagel condensation of 2- hydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquinone with aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes, take part in chemoselective hetero-Diels-Alder reactions with silyl enol ethers to give a series of siloxy- containing naphtho [2, 3-b] pyran-5, 10-dione (α-lapachone) derivatives in moderate to high yield. These reactions regioselectively gave α-lapachone derivatives with an acetal ...