Quinoline-para-quinones and metals: coordination-assisted formation of quinoline-ortho-quinones?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2018-01-11 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09478G

Abstract

The reaction of the para-quinone 6,7-dichloroquinoline-5,8-dione with various transition metal dimers led to the unexpected formation of quinoline-ortho-quinone metal complexes. Systematic variation of the reaction conditions helped identify the solvent as the source of the carbonyl oxygen.

Graphical abstract: Quinoline-para-quinones and metals: coordination-assisted formation of quinoline-ortho-quinones
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