Benzopyrans : Part 40 - Alumina mediated transformations of 4-oxo-4H-1- benzopyran-3-carbaldehyde, -3-carboxylic acid and their 2-methylhomologues
C K GHOSH, S BHATTACHARYYA
Published in -
1999
Volume: 38
Issue: 2
Pages: 166 - 172
Abstract
In contact with alumina, the title aldehyde 1 (R = H, Me, Cl) gives the chromones 5 and 9,12 whereas the acid 2 affords the chromones 7, 10 and acetophenone 23. Alumina converts the aldehyde 3 to the xanthone 14, and the corresponding acid 4 to the chromone 8 and diketone 24.