Absolute stereochemistry of 1,2′-linked bi(naphthoquinone)s

Abstract

Asymmetric syntheses of the enantiomers of the naturally occurring atropisomerically chiral 1,2′-linked bi(naphthoquinone)s 8′-hydroxyisodiospyrin and isodiospyrin have allowed their absolute configurations to be assigned by X-ray and circular dichroism spectral studies of synthetic intermediates.

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