Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2007,3, No. 10, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-10
have anion binding ability on protonation or have complex forming ability with metals. The incorporation of pyridine ring to a quinone has also another facet as we have recently observed that in picolyl derivative of 1,8-naphthalimides the π-πinteractions are governed by the position of the nitrogen
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Reaction of 1,2-naphthoquinone with primary amines.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem.2005,1, No. 16, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-16
molecular plane. Four of the six methyl groups are directed towards the molecular cavity. They are situated in pairs slightly above and below the cavity due to the crystallographic symmetry. The remaining two methyl groups are exo-oriented along the long molecular axis.
No π-πinteractions occur in the
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Formulas of macrocyclic amines, 1: 1,5,9,18,22,26-hexaaza [11.11]-p-cyclophane and 2: 1,4,7,16,19,2...