Bromination of dehydroacetic acid giving rise to 3β,3β,5??tribromoacetyl??4??hydroxy??6??methyl ??2H??pyran??2??one is described. ... Bromination of dehydroacetic acid giving rise to 3β,3β,5??tribromoacetyl ??4??hydroxy??6??methyl??2H??pyran??2??one is described. ... View all references As part of our ongoing studies on the chemistry of DHA, we are now interested in the synthesis of some novel heterocycles from the reactions of 5??bromodehydroacetic acid (5??BrDHA, 2) with appropriate substrates.
[Pundeer, Rashmi; Chaudhri, Vishwas; Kinger, Mayank; Prakash, Om Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section B Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, 2007 , vol. 46, # 5 p. 834 - 837]