A PRACTICAL PREPARATION OF 7-METHOXY-3(2H)-BENZOFURANONE

Authors
BRYANT WM HUHN GF
Citation
Wm. Bryant et Gf. Huhn, A PRACTICAL PREPARATION OF 7-METHOXY-3(2H)-BENZOFURANONE, Synthetic communications, 25(6), 1995, pp. 915-920
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synthetic communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397911
Volume
25
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
915 - 920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7911(1995)25:6<915:APPO7>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A practical new synthesis suitable for large-scale production of 7-met hoxy-3(2H)-benzofuranone by conversion of commercially available 2-hyd roxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid to 7-methoxy-3-acetoxybenzofuran followed b y hydrolysis is described.