Prenylation of methoxyhydroquinone in aqueous acid solution and an alternative synthesis of precocene II

M Uchiyama, JC Overeem

Index: Uchiyama, M.; Overeem, J. C. Recueil: Journal of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society, 1981 , vol. 100, # 11 p. 408 - 410

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Abstract

Abstract The acid-catalyzed condensation of methoxyhydroquinone with 2-methyl-3-buten-2- ol leads to 2-methoxy-5-(3-methyl-2-butenyl) hydroquinone (4) and 2-(1, 1-dimethylallyl)-5- methoxy-hydroquinone (7). Compound 4 can easily be converted into precocene II (1, R