M. Hamdi et al., CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF ACETYL-7-METHYL-2H,5H-PYRANO-(4,3B)PYRON-2,5-DIONE - C13H9O6, Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie, 209(6), 1994, pp. 495-498
Reaction of 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2-pyrone with ethyl orthoformiate leeds
by heating not to 6-methyl-3(4-hydroxy-6-methyl-3 roxy-6-methyl-2-one
-2H-pyron-3-yl)methylene-2(4)3H pyron-2,4-dione as previously reported
in the literature, but to 3-acetoacetyl-7-methyl-2H, 5H pyrano-(4,3b)
pyron-2,5-dione: C13H9O6, monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/a,a = 7
,244(3), b = 21,671(7), c = 7,459(4) angstrom, beta = 102,75(2)degrees
.