Biomimetic Synthesis of Zeylanone and Zeylanone Epoxide by Dimerization of 2-Methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone
- Sayako Maruo ,
- Kazuyuki Nishio ,
- Takahiro Sasamori ,
- Norihiro Tokitoh ,
- Kouji Kuramochi , and
- Kazunori Tsubaki
Abstract

A biomimetic synthesis of zeylanone and zeylanone epoxide, which are natural dimeric naphthoquinones, has been accomplished starting from plumbagin, a natural monomeric naphthoquinone. The key features of our synthesis are cascade intermolecular and intramolecular Michael reactions, followed by epoxidation of the resultant hydroquinone with molecular oxygen.
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