Synopses & Reviews
The earlier volumes of this series have long been regarded by chemists as classics of their type, providing accurate and reliable information compiled by one of the world's leading figures in the field. Detailed and authoritative reviews of the chemistry and characterisation of the naturally occuring quinones reported during the last 10 years are provided in this fourth volume which describes more than 900 new compounds.
Review
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Synopsis
The preceding volume appeared in 1987 and covered the literature up to the end of 1984. The present work extends the coverage to the end of 1994 with a sprinkling of references to 1995 papers. Nearly 900 new qui nones are described, including one or two which were overlooked previously, together with new work on older compounds. For each new quinone information is provided on the distribution, spectra, structure and chemistry, and on biosynthesis where available. Sadly, there is very little new chemistry, as structures are now elucidated almost entirely by spectroscopic methods and X-ray analysis. As always I am grateful to many colleagues who sent me papers and other information in advance of publication. 1972 and 1987 volumes are referred to as NOQ II and NOQ III, The respectively. In the spectroscopic data the notation (?) indicates that informa- tion is missing or is dubious. R.H.T. Aberdeen, November 1995 1 Benzoquinones 1 New sources of p-benzoquinone are the cephalic glands of Eucera bees and 2 Arthrobacter bacteria and it is part ofthe defensive secretion ofthe caterpillar 3 Romalea guttata. However, the natural occurrence of o-benzoquinone has not been reported and is unlikely. Simple monosubstituted o-benzoquinones occur 4 only as transient metabolic intermediates. It has been shown that in the leaves of X anthium occidentale (Compositae) chlorogenic acid is in equilibrium with a small amount of the corresponding o-quinone but the latter has not been isolated.
Table of Contents
Biogenesis. Benzoquinones. Napthoquinones. Anthraquinones. Anthracyclinones. Other aromatic polycyclic quinones. Miscellaneous quinones. Diterpenoid quinones. N-hetercyclic quinones. Ansa-quinones. Botanical index. Zoological index. Subject index.