Rearrangement of Quinone Bisacetals to Poly-functionalized Arenes by Using Electrogenerated Acid as a Catalyst

Inokuchi, T.; Yamashita, H.; Tanigawa, S.; Hirata, Y.; Izuchi, S.; Torii, S. Chem. Express 1991, 6, 767.

The electrogenerated acid-catalyzed rearrangement of benzoquinone and naphthoquinone bisacetals in the presence of (thio)-trimethylsilanes produces the corresponding 2-thio-1,4-dimethoxyarenes, smoothly.