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Reduction of methyl benzoylformate by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide model in the presence of rhodizonic acid

T Endo, T Takada, M Okawara

Index: Endo, Takeshi; Takada, Tadayoshi; Okawara, Makoto Tetrahedron Letters, 1986 , vol. 27, # 5 p. 615 - 618

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Abstract

Abstract The reduction of rhodizonic acid (RA) with 1-benzyl-1, 4-dihydronicotin-amide (BNAH; NADH model) was carried out at room temperature to obtain tetra-hydroxy-p- quinone (THQ) and hexahydroxybenzene (HHB) by two-electron and four-electron reductions, respectively. The reduction of methyl benzoylformate with BNAH proceeded smoothly in the presence of RA, although it could not be reduced at all without RA.