Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan

Hydroquinone and quinone derivatives of the (Z)-and (E)-. BETA.-thiocrotonates.

E Campaigne, Y Abe

Index: Campaigne,E.; Abe,Y. Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1976 , vol. 49, p. 559 - 562

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Abstract

Addition of ethyl thioacetoacetate to p-benzoquinone and 1, 4-naphthoquinone gave satisfactory yields of the expected ethyl (Z)-β-(2, 5-dihydroxyphenylthio) crotonate and ethyl (Z)-β-(1, 4-dihydroxynaphthyl-2-thio) crotonate respectively. In the latter case, at higher temperatures the isomeric ethyl (E)-β-(1, 4-dihydroxynaphthy 1-2-thio) crotonate was the major product. Oxidation of these compounds with chromic acid gave the corresponding Z ...