Yb(OTf)3-catalyzed reactions of 5-alkylidene Meldrum's acids with phenols: One-pot assembly of 3,4-dihydrocoumarins, 4-chromanones, coumarins, and chromones

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 409-412

  Fillion, Eric ^a   Dumas, Aaron M ^a   Kuropatwa, Bryan A ^a   Malhotra, Neil R ^a   Sitler, Tamsyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; REACTION KINETICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YTTERBIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANNULATION REACTIONS; MELDRUM'S ACID; REGIOSELECTIVITY;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

4 CHROMANONE DERIVATIVE; 5,7 DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN; ACID; ALKYL GROUP; AYAPIN; CHROMONE DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCOPARONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM;

ADDITION REACTION; ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; FRIEDEL CRAFTS REACTION; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ACIDS; ALKENES; ANTHRAQUINONES; CATALYSIS; CHROMONES; COUMARINS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; YTTERBIUM;

EID: 31144465775     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo052000t     Document Type: Article

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