%0 Journal Article %T Concerning the Stereoselectivity of the Oxidative Dimerization of 3 %A Dmitry N. Pelageev %A Ksenia L. Borisova %A Sergey V. Dragan %A Victor Ph. Anufriev %J Natural Product Communications %@ 1555-9475 %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1934578X19860687 %X Reinvestigation of 2-hydroxy-3-alkylnaphthoquinones oxidative dimerization was carried out. On the example of dihydrolapachol it is shown that the oxidative dimerization of 2-hydroxy-3-alkylnaphthoquinones upon treatment with lead tetraacetate or cerium ammonium nitrate in aprotic media leads to the formation of diastereomeric 5aS*,6aS*,12aS*,12bS*- and 5aS*,6aR*,12aR*,12bS*-dihydrobinaphthofurantetraones (1:1). This result is significantly different from the previous one %K 2-hydroxy-1 %K 4-naphthoquinones %K dihydrolapachol %K oxidative dimerization %K stereoselectivity %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1934578X19860687