Journal of the American Chemical Society

Reduction products of naphthacenequinone

LF Fieser

Index: Fieser Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1931 , vol. 53, p. 2329,2338

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Citation Number: 23

Abstract

The reduction of naphthacenequinone has been studied under a variety of conditions, and the main results are summarized in the accompanying chart. Boiled in glacial acetic acid solution with tin, the quinone, I, first gives a deep red solution of the hydroquinone, 11, and the latter substance 1 (a) Seer, Monatsh., 33, 535 (1912);(b) Seer and Ehrenzweig, ibid., 43 (1912);(c) Seer, ibid., 34,579 (1913);(d) Philippi and Seka, ibid., 43,617 (1922). 2 WH Mills ...