“…We found that 2,6,8-tribromo-5-hydroxy-N-phenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone 4-imine (Ia) prepared formerly from 2,4,6,8-tetrabromo-1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene [9] at boiling with n-butylamine or n-heptylamine in ethanol under basic catalysis (in the presence of K 2 CO 3 ) or with excess aniline The reaction of 2,6-dibromo-5-hydroxy-N-phenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone 4-imine (Ib) [7] with aniline in the presence of an oxidant gave rise to a mixture of 6-bromo-5-hydroxy-2-phenylamino-N-phenyl-1,4-naphthoquinone 4-imine (III) and 2,6-dibromo-4,8-di(phenylamino)-1,5-naphthoquinone (IV). EKTOVA et al…”