Heterocycles

A convenient synthesis of benzofuran-3-acetic acids

Y Fall, L Santana, M Teijeira, E Uriarte

Index: Heterocycles, , vol. 41, # 4 p. 647 - 650

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Abstract

... We describe a two-step synthesis of benzofuran-3-acetic acids (1) from phenols (2) involving alkali-mediated rearrangement of 4-halomethylcoumarins (3) via α,β-unsaturated acids (4). Electron-donating substituents at the ... 2014 Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and ...