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Straightforward Synthesis of Substituted p-Quinones: Isolation of a Key Intermediate and Use as a Bridging Ligand in a Diruthenium Complex
Article first published online: 15 FEB 2010
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200903409
Copyright © 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Das, H., Weisser, F., Schweinfurth, D., Su, C.-Y., Bogani, L., Fiedler, J. and Sarkar, B. (2010), Straightforward Synthesis of Substituted p-Quinones: Isolation of a Key Intermediate and Use as a Bridging Ligand in a Diruthenium Complex. Chem. Eur. J., 16: 2977–2981. doi: 10.1002/chem.200903409
Publication History
- Issue published online: 1 MAR 2010
- Article first published online: 15 FEB 2010
- Manuscript Received: 11 DEC 2009
Funded by
- DFG
- Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic. Grant Number: COST OC 140
- Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg
Keywords:
- cyclic voltammetry;
- quinones;
- ruthenium;
- spectroelectrochemistry;
- synthetic methods
Keep it simple: A new transamination method is reported for the synthesis of diamino-substituted p-quinones (see scheme). Asymmetrically substituted p-quinones are shown to be key intermediates in this reaction. The redox properties of these ligands are discussed and their utility in coordination and redox chemistry is shown with a representative example.