Abstract
An innovative one‐step procedure for the synthesis of 4‐hydroxybenzofuran and an improved synthesis of 5‐hydroxybenzofuran is reported. Such compounds were also transformed into their amino derivatives via Smiles rearrangement with good to high overall yields.
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge MIUR (Ministry of Instruction, University and Research–Rome) for financial support (Project FIRB RBNE017F8 N and PRIN 2003).