“…In the same year Khorkhlov,Shchukina,and Shemyakin (35) showed that ninhydrin and hydrindantin were formed when 1,4-naphthoquinone was subjected to long boiling in water a t pH 7 in the presence of oxygen. A 48 per cent yield of ninhydrin was claimed, based on the intermediate 1 ,2 ,3,. Although there are a number of side reactions, a method which requires such simple conditions might be useful for large-scale preparations.…”