Quinones are natural products and display a variety of biological activities, amongst which antibiotic and antitumour activity, which makes them an important class of compounds for the development of new drugs. Furthermore, the development of bacterial multiresistance in case of antibiotics represents a real problem, which necessitates continued research to new active compounds. In this respect, the current research proposal aims to develop efficient syntheses of potentially bioactive pyranonaphthoquinones, benzophenantridinediones and 2-azaanthraquinones.