The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Notes-The Reaction of Two Oxazolo (4', 5'-3, 4) coumarins with Alkali

C Stammer

Index: Stammer,C.H. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1960 , vol. 25, p. 460 - 461

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Abstract

Arndt'sa report that the unsubstituted oxazole V was converted to the coumarin VI by alkali, we expected I to be converted into the known coumarin'11. However, I1 was not the product obtained. Present evidence discussed in this paper indicates that the acid 111 was the product. We prepared the oxazole I by the conversion of IV2 into 0-acetyl I'with boiling acetic anhydride. Deacetylation of this material with two equivalents of alkali gave the phenol I in ...