Royal Society of Chemistry, New Journal of Chemistry, 35(43), p. 13751-13763, 2019
DOI: 10.1039/c9nj02026h
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A-ring selenation of naphthoquinones and anthraquinones is reported. The reaction proceeds in the presence of a copper source, and provides an efficient and general method for preparing selenium-based quinones with trypanocidal activity.