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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 20, 1990 - Issue 10
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Original Articles

Oxidation of α-Benzoyl-O-hydroxyacetophenones Using Iodobenzene Diacetate in Methanolic Potassium Hydroxide: A New Synthesis of 2-Benzoylcoumaran-3-ones

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Pages 1409-1415 | Received 12 Feb 1990, Published online: 24 Oct 2006
 

Abstract

The oxidation of α-benzoyl-o-hydroxyacetophenones (3a-d) using iodobenzene diacetate in methanolic potassium hydroxide provides a new direct method for the synthesis of 2-benzoylcoumaran-3-ones (4a-c) in good yields. The formation of 4a-d is explained by neighb uring group participation.

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