(1) Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, A-8010 Graz, Österreich
Abstract:
Summary
p-Benzoquinone (1) reacts with dialkylamines2a-d to 2-dialkylamino-p-benzoquinones3, 2,5-bis-dialkylamino-p-benzoquinones4, 2-dialkylamino-8-hydroxydibenzofuran-1,4-quinones5, and in pyridine also to 2-dialkylamino-5-p-hydroxy-phenoxy-p-benzoquinones6. A method affording almost exclusively3 has been developed which is also applicable to compounds2e-h.