Catalysis Today, Vol.173, No.1, 68-75, 2011
Oxidation of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (TMB), 2,3,6-trimethylphenol (TMP) and 2-methylnaphthalene to 2,3,5-trimethylbenzoquinone (TMBQ) and menadione (vitamin K-3)
The synthesis of industrially important quinones as intermediates for vitamin syntheses is reviewed with special emphasis on recent developments in our own group. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.