Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (Dec 1997)

A Novel Method for Synthesis of Substituted Naphthofurans and Naphthopyrans

  • Mohammad Reza Saidi,
  • Samad Alihoseinee,
  • Tahereh Saberi,
  • Reza Zadmard

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 2
pp. 72 – 76

Abstract

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Substituted naphthofurans and naphthopyrans were constructed at high temperature from allyl or propargyl naphthyl ethers via Claisen rearrangement in moderate to good yields. Also, substituted (trimethylsilyl)-naphthofurans were synthesized from the corresponding naphtofurans.

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