Bibliography: pages 76-78. / Chapter One describes the synthesis of a trifluoroethylnaphtho-1, 4-quinone via a regiospecific trifluoroacetylation of an appropriately substituted naphthalene. Chapter Two describes the synthesis of the methyl ethers of the naturally occurring quinones A and deoxyquinone A for evaluation of their "anti-cancer" activity by the National Institutes of Health. In Chapter Three the final few steps of the synthesis of the aphid-derived quinone A' are described. This was made possible by the development of an efficient route for the conversion of a precursor to quinone A' via the corresponding chloro-derivative.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/15896 |
Date | January 1987 |
Creators | Ramdohr, Jurgen Ernst |
Contributors | Green, Ivan Robert, Yorke, Selwyn |
Publisher | University of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry |
Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Master Thesis, Masters, MSc |
Format | application/pdf |
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