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Glycerol condensation reaction of 2- and 1-aminoanthraquinones was reexamined. 2-Aminoanthraquinone gave phenaleno[3,2-f]quinolin-7-one (10,11-pyridinobenzanthrone), 9H- phenanthro[10,1-gh]quinolin-9-one (4,5-pyridinobenzanthrone) and phenaleno[2,3-g]quinolin-7-one (10,9-pyridinobenzanthrone) besides phenaleno[2,3-f]quinolin-13-one (9,8-pyridinobenzanthrone) hitherto reported. 1-Aminoanthraquinone gave phenaleno[3,2-h]quinolin-13-one (8,9-pyridinobenzanthrone) along with a small amount of phenaleno[2,3-h]quinolin-7-one (11,10-pyridinobenzanthrone), but not 13H-phenanthro[1,10-gh]quinolin-13-one (6,5-pyridinobenzanthrone) as hitherto reported. NMR spectra of these six compounds were assigned and they supported the assigned isomeric structures.
The authors thank very much our referees for their kind comments and keen suggestions about the reaction mechanism.