Synthesis of Arylnaphthoquinones and Their Reactions with o‐Substituted Primary Aromatic Amines

Cycloaddition reaction of 2‐aryl‐1,4‐benzoquinones 1a‐d with a number of different dienes, namely 2,3‐dimethylbutadiene; 1,4‐diphenylbutadiene and anthracene yield 2‐aryl‐6,7‐dimethyl‐1,4‐ naphthoquinones 3a,b ; 2,5,8‐triphenyl‐1,4‐naphthoquinone 4 and 2‐aryl‐1,4,9,10‐tetrahydro‐9,10‐o‐benzoanthracene‐1,4‐dione 5 , respectively were investigated. In addition, the cycloaddition reaction of 2‐aryl‐1,4‐benzoquinones 1d,e with 2,3‐dimethylbutadiene was also investigated to yield 2‐aryl‐5,8‐dihydro‐6,7‐dimethyl‐1,4‐naphthohydroquinones 2a,b . Cyclocondensation reactions of Diels‐Alder adducts 2b, 3b, 5a with ethylenediamine, o‐substituted primary aromatic amines gave quinoxaline, phenazine, phenoxazine and phenothiazine ocyclic derivatives 6–14.