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Regioselective halogenation of biphenyls for preparation of valuable polyhydroxylated biphenyls and diquinones

P Bovicelli, R Antonioletti, A Onori, G Delogu, D Fabbri…

Index: Bovicelli, Paolo; Antonioletti, Roberto; Onori, Antonella; Delogu, Giovanna; Fabbri, Davide; Dettori, Maria Antonietta Tetrahedron, 2006 , vol. 62, # 4 p. 635 - 639

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Abstract

Electron-rich biphenyls were selectively oxyfunctionalised through a halogenation– methoxylation sequence. The obtained biphenyl methyl ethers were then oxidised to the corresponding quinones. This strategy transforms commercially available biphenyls into both natural and bioactive oxidised compounds.