benzoquinone

Benzoquinone and its reduced form hydroquinone belong to phenolic compounds and are found in living organisms in free form or in glycosides. They are active substances of some medicinal plants and have a pharmacological effect on the human body. Accordingly, their derivatives are important objects for chemical synthesis and development of new drugs. This article presents the findings of the structural design of substances with benzoquinone or hydroquinone fragment and sulfur-containing compound.

Quinoid derivatives are attractive not only as interesting synthons for synthesis, but also as potential biologically active substances, so it is important to modify the compounds of the quinone series with different pharmacoform fragments.