Synthesis of fluoronaphthoquinones: Halide displacement by naked fluoride
DW Cameron, GI Feutrill, PG Griffiths and KR Richards
Australian Journal of Chemistry
35(7) 1509 - 1512
Published: 1982
Abstract
Nucleophilic displacement of chloride or bromide from 2-halo-1,4-naphthoquinones has afforded easy synthesis of 2-fluoronaphthoquinones. The procedure involved mild treatment with unsolvated fluoride generated by crown polyether complexation of potassium fluoride in acetonitrile.
https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9821509
© CSIRO 1982