Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Synthetically valuable 3-bromo-2-pyrone, 3-bromocoumarin, 5-bromo-2-pyrone, and 3,5-dibromo-2-pyrone were prepared in one step from readily available 2-pyrone-carboxylic acids via bromo-decarboxylation in good to fair yields. ... Synthetically useful 3-bromo-2-pyrone, 3-bromo-2-coumarine ...