Microwave-assisted facile synthesis and crystal structure of cis-9,10,11,15-tetrahydro-9,10[3'4']-furanoanthracene-12,14-dione

Authors

Weerachai Phutdhawong, Maejo University
Duang Buddhasukh, Chiang Mai University
Stephen G. Pyne, University of WollongongFollow
Apinpus Rujiwatra, Chiang Mai University
Chaveng Pakawatchai, Prince of Songkla University

RIS ID

16791

Publication Details

Phutdhawong, W., Buddhasukh, D., Pyne, S. G., Rujiwatra, A. & Pakawatchai, C. (2006). Microwave-assisted facile synthesis and crystal structure of cis-9,10,11,15-tetrahydro-9,10[3''4'']-furanoanthracene-12,14-dione. Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 36 (7), 881-883.

Abstract

A facile synthesis and crystal structure of cis‐9,10,11,15‐tetrahydro‐9,10[3′,4′]‐furanoanthracene‐12,14‐dione from the reaction of anthracene and maleic anhydride in xylene in a short time and high yield using a modified commercial domestic microwave oven is reported.