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It has been proposed that prekinamycin and kinobscurinone may biogenetically isomerize to isoprekinamycin and prefluostatin, respectively, through the corresponding bridgehead α-ketol intermediates. In this transformation, the 6-5 ring system is converted into a 5-6 ring system via an α-ketol rearrangement. In this report, the skeletal rearrangement of polycyclic α-ketols inspired by this hypothetical biosynthetic transformation is reported. In addition, an unexpected rearrangement from dibenzo[b]fluorene to benzo[g]chromene is also reported.

Three types of dimeric naphthoquinones, which possess structurally diverse skeletons, can be prepared in one step from 2-bromo-3-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinones. 2,2'-Dimeric naphthoquinones were prepared by a one-pot Stille-type reaction via vinylstannanes. Oxepines are formed by unexpected domino reactions via 1,4-dihydroxynaphthalene species. Epoxides are formed by a Michael/Darzens reaction via the o-quinone methides.

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