A study of the Reformatsky reaction on formylcoumarins

…, M Bhattacharyya, AK Sarkar

Index: Dutta, Lakshmi Narayan; Bhattacharyya, Manju; Sarkar, Asoke Kumar Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 73, # 9 p. 1556 - 1562

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Abstract

The reactions of bromozinc enolate reagents on formylcoumarins (1, 2) afforded spiro-γ- lactones (15-18), furan derivatives (13, 14), and coumarinylcarbinols (3, 4) as highly unusual products along with the expected β-hydroxyesters (5-12). Stereochemical features of some of these products turned out to be highly informative and were unambiguously corroborated. Key words: formylcoumarins, unusual Reformatsky products, stereochemistry.