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This synthesis open possibilites for build other compounds, some with antimalarial or anticancer biological ativitives.

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Why is it important?

New compounds with antimalarial and anticancer biological ativitives can be build once the naphtoquinone present this ativitives.

Perspectives

Synthesis of atovaquone analogues from this molecule and biological tests of the synthesized analogues

Raquel Geralda Isidorio
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

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This page is a summary of: Crystal structure of 2-hydroxy-3-(prop-2-yn-1-yl)naphthalene-1,4-dione, Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications, August 2018, International Union of Crystallography,
DOI: 10.1107/s2056989018011647.
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