ChemInform Abstract: A Synthetic Approach to Benanomicin A: Synthesis of the Substituted 5,6‐Dihydrobenzo[a]naphthacenequinone.

Abstract

A Synthetic Approach to Benanomicin A: Synthesis of the Substituted 5,6-Dihydrobenzo[a]naphthacenequinone.-Trisubstituted α-tetralone (II), obtained by using Barton's method, is applied to the general synthesis of the title compounds such as (IX). This structure unit is a part of the anti-HIV-compound benanomicin A. -(HIROSAWA, S.; NISHIZUKA, T.; KONDO, S.; IKEDA, D.; Chem. Lett. (1997) 4, 305-306; Inst. Microb.