Synthesis of 2-azaanthraquinone and its derivatives

The acylation of benzene, toluene, and chlorobenzene with cinchomeronic acid anhydride in the presence of AlCl₃ has given in each case both possible isomers of the corresponding aroylpyridinecarboxylic acid. It was found that the yields of reaction products and their isomeric compositions depend on the conditions of performing the reaction. The intramolecular cyclization of the isomeric keto acids in the presence of 2% oleum has given 2-azaanthraquinone and chlorine derivatives of it.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 514–518, April, 1980.