title: Towards a synthesis of naphthalene derived natural products.
abstract: Dieckmann-type cyclization reactions have been employed in the synthesis of the alkyl substituted naphthoquinone 11 and the naphthalenes 10 and 12. Various conditions for the benzylic oxidation of these compounds have been investigated with a view towards the synthesis of some naphthalene based natural products.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Natural Product Research Group, Department of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
authors.forename: Malcom W B
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: McCulloch
authors.forename: Russell A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Barrow
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D003500:Cyclization; D008954:Models, Biological; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products; D009281:Naphthalenes