title: 1,2-Benzoquinones in Diels-Alder reactions, dipolar cycloadditions, nucleophilic additions, multicomponent reactions and more.
abstract: A brief account of the recent developments in the chemistry of 1,2-benzoquinones is presented in this tutorial review. The title compounds exhibit commendable versatility in both Diels-Alder and dipolar cycloaddition reactions. They have also been employed as electrophilic reaction partners in nucleophile-triggered catalytic processes and related multicomponent reactions. These, along with other reactions described here, lead to the synthesis of densely functionalised carbocyclic and heterocyclic frameworks that are otherwise difficult to access.
authors.affiliation: Organic Chemistry Section, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum 695 019, India. vijaynair_2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Rajeev S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.forename: Akkattu T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Biju
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Abhilash