• Forms complexes with many non-aromatic electron-donors, e.g. carbonyl compounds, esters, amides, lactones, lactams and alkyl iodides: J. Org. Chem., 53, 2163 (1988).
• High potential quinones dehydrogenate many hydroaromatic systems by hydride abstraction.
• Reviews: Adv. Org. Chem., 2, 329 (1960); Chem. Rev., 67, 153 (1967); 78, 317 (1978).