Qian Rong LI1*,Ting Hu ZHANG1,Robert S.WARD2 1Structure Research Laboratory,University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026 2Chemistry Department,University of Wales Swansea,Singleton Park,Swansea SA2 8PP UK
Abstract:
Podophyllotoxin 1 reacts with DDQ in acetic acid to give podophyllotoxone 2 at 75C and the naphthol 3 at 90C, and in TFA to give the naphthalene 4. 4-O-Benzyl-epipodophyllo- toxin 5 reacts with DDQ in acetic acid at 70C to give the acetate 8. The structural elucidation of these products is described.