Synthetic communications

Expeditious approach to coumarins via Pechmann reaction catalyzed by molecular iodine or AgOTf

J Wu, T Diao, W Sun, Y Li

Index: Wu, Jie; Diao, Tianning; Sun, Wei; Li, Yizhe Synthetic Communications, 2006 , vol. 36, # 20 p. 2949 - 2956

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Abstract

View all references Among these, the Pechmann reaction is the most widely used method, because the reaction involves the use of simple starting materials, that is, phenols and β??keto esters, in the presence of acidic condensing agents. Various acids have been used to carry out this