Abstract
The reactions of acenaphthenequinone and its derivatives with different nucleophiles, organic and inorganic reagents are reviewed. This survey also covers their oxidation and reduction reactions, in addition to many known reactions such as Friedel Crafts, Diels-Alder, bromination and thiolation.
Highlights
The broad spectrum of applications of acenaphthenequinone and its derivatives as biologically active compounds, dyes, etc has prompted us to review their chemistry and uses
The syntheses of acenaphthenequinone (1) and its derivatives, which are based mainly on the use of starting materials having the carbon skeleton of 1 and their reactivity towards nitrogen nucleophiles have been discussed in the first part of this series [1]
Ring cleavage of acenaphthenequinone (1) with an aqueous potassium hydroxide solution in dimethylsulphoxide at room temperature led to formation of 1, 8-naphthaldehydic acid (2) which exists in equilibrium with the corresponding cyclic structure [2,3,4]
Summary
The broad spectrum of applications of acenaphthenequinone and its derivatives as biologically active compounds, dyes, etc has prompted us to review their chemistry and uses. The syntheses of acenaphthenequinone (1) and its derivatives, which are based mainly on the use of starting materials having the carbon skeleton of 1 and their reactivity towards nitrogen nucleophiles have been discussed in the first part of this series [1]. In this part, the reactions of acenaphthenequinones are reviewed
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