Anti-viral multi-quinone compounds and regiospecific synthesis thereof

A biquinone selected from a group consisting of:

• wherein each of R1-R12 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, an alkoxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a straight chained or branched-chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl, a straight chained or branched-chain saturated or unsaturated functionalized alkyl, an aryl, a fused aryl, a fused O-heterocycle, and a fused polycyclic ring system;
• X is selected from a group consisting of a halogen, an alkyl ether, a sulfonate ester group, an alkoxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a diazonium group, an amine analog, an alkynyl, an alkenyl, and an aryl;
• and Y is selected from a group consisting of a halogen, a sulfonate ester group, an alkoxyl group, a diazonium group, an amine analog, an alkynyl, an alkenyl, and an aryl.

A trimeric quinone selected from a group consisting of:

• wherein each of R1-R27 is selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, an alkoxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a straight chained or branched-chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl, a straight chained or branched-chain saturated or unsaturated functionalized alkyl, an aryl, a fused O-heterocycle, and a fused polycyclic ring system;
• X is selected from a group consisting of a halogen, an ester group, a sulfonate ester group, an alkoxyl group, a hydroxyl, an amine analog, an alkynyl, an alkenyl and an aryl;
• and Y is selected from a group consisting of a halogen, an ester group, a sulfonate ester group, an alkoxyl group, an amine analog, an alkynyl, an alkenyl, and an aryl.