Synthesis of 2-Acetyl-5,8-dihydro-1,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl Naphthalene: A Product from the Isomerisation of Diels-Alder Adducts of Both 5-Methyl- and 6-Methyl-2-acetyl-1,4-benzoquinone with 1,3-Butadiene

Abstract

2-Acetyl-5,8-dihydro-1,4-dihydroxy-3-methyl-naphthalene was synthesised via Diels-Alder addition of 2-acetyl-3-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone to buta-1,3-diene followed by enolisation. It was identical with material obtained by pyridine-induced acetyl migration from the 1,3-butadiene adducts of both 3- and 6-methyl-2-acetyl-1,4-benzoquinone.