Compouds with the 1H-pyrano [4, 3-b][1] benzopyran-10-one nucleus characteristic of fulvic acid have been prepared by three methods from chromone precursors; the characteristic steps are (i) the acetylation of the 2-methyl group of 3-methoxymethyl-2, 6- dimethylchromone by acetyl chloride and lithium di-isopropylamide at–70° C,(ii) the acetylation of the 2-methyl group of 3-chloromethyl-2, 6-dimethylchromone by N, N- ...