ABSTRACT
A facile and an efficient protocol for the synthesis of pyridazinones via molecular-iodine-mediated cleavage of 4-bromomethylcoumarin precursors in the presence of I2 in ethanol at 70 °C is reported. The present approach replaced the basic condition (K2CO3) with Lewis acidic condition.
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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