Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

Naphthoquinones are important natural or synthetic compounds belonging to the general class of quinones. Many compounds in this class have become drugs that are on the pharmaceutical market for the treatment of various diseases. A special naphthoquinone derivative is menadione, a synthetic naphthoqu...

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Autores principales: de Souza, Acácio S, Ribeiro, Ruan Carlos B, Costa, Dora C S, Pauli, Fernanda P, Pinho, David R, de Moraes, Matheus G, da Silva, Fernando de C, Forezi, Luana da S M, Ferreira, Vitor F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Beilstein-Institut 2022
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9039524/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35529893
http://dx.doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.18.43
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Sumario:Naphthoquinones are important natural or synthetic compounds belonging to the general class of quinones. Many compounds in this class have become drugs that are on the pharmaceutical market for the treatment of various diseases. A special naphthoquinone derivative is menadione, a synthetic naphthoquinone belonging to the vitamin K group. This compound can be synthesized by different methods and it has a broad range of biological and synthetic applications, which will be highlighted in this review.

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