Quercetin and 3-hydroxyflavone are oxidized to the corresponding 2-alkoxyflavan-3,4-diones by CuCl2 catalysis in MeOH or EtOH under oxygen or nitrogen, the mechanism of which is proposed.
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Utaka et al. (1985) studied this question.
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