First transamination reactions for the one-pot synthesis of substituted zwitterionic quinones

• DOI: 10.1039/b501926e
• Publication Date: 2005-04-06T15:16:03Z
• Authors: Qing-Zheng Yang; Olivier Siri; Pierre Braunstein
• Keywords: Transamination; Coordination complex

A new and very efficient one-pot synthesis, in water, of 6 pi + electron zwitterionic benzoquinonemonoimines involves the first examples transamination reactions quinonoid chemistry allows introduction functionalities to, fine-tuning properties of, a large family molecules with interesting potential, both supramolecular as multidentate ligands coordination chemistry.