Acetic Acid → 1,5 dichloro-9(10H)-anthracenone

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1,5-dichloroanthraquinone (1) was reduced with SnCl2 in boiling HCl and acetic acid with ether cleavage to give the corresponding 1,5 dichloro-9(10H)-anthracenone (II). To a solution of 1,5-dichloro-9(10H)anthracenone (1 mmol) and 0. 1 mL of pyridine in dry CH2Cl2 (20 mL) was added dropwise a solution of an appropriate acyl chloride (3 mmol) in dry CH2Cl2 (10 mL) under N2. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature or refluxed for several hours. The solvent was removed and the residue purified by recrystallization and chromatography. This procedure was used to synthesize each of the compounds in Table 1.

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