Potassium Hydroxide → 1-Aminoanthraquinone

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6.3 g of 4-aminoanthrone are dissolved in 100 ml of hot 1 N KOH. Air is then passed through the solution at 80° C until the yellow exudation from a spot test has disappeared. After filtering off and washing until neutral, 4.5 g of product containing 58.2% of 1-aminoanthraquinone (39% yield) are obtained. On boiling with toluene, which dissolves the 1-aminoanthraquinone, a yellow residue is obtained which according to analysis, NMR-spectrum, IR-spectrum, mass spectrum and molecular weight determination is 4,4' -diamino-dihydrodianthrone (melting point: 251°-253° C).

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