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Michael F. Aldersley, Francis M. Dean and Ahad S. Hamzah
The Robert Robinson Laboratories, The Unversity of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX UK
Received 14 November 1985.
Abstract
Appropriate -ylides convert 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone into 3-(acylmethyl) derivatives which can be cyclised to naphtho[2,3-c]pyran-5,10-diones by treatment with bromine and dehydrobromination with triethylamine; these diones give a variety of striking colours in acid media.
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