S. Garg et al., PHOTOCHEMICAL-TRANSFORMATIONS IN 1-(O-HYDROXYARYL)-1,3-DIKETONES, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 33(12), 1994, pp. 1123-1128
Irradiation (using pyrex glass filter) of o-hydroxybenzoylacetophenone
(1a), o-hydroxybenbzoylacetone (1b), 2-hydroxy-1-naphthoylacetophenon
e (5a), 2-hydroxy-1-naphtloylacetone (5b) and 1-hydroxy-2-naphthoylace
tone (9) in Br2/CHCl3 and I2/MeOH solutions leads to various chromone
derivatives. Parallel reactions of these 1,3-diketones in the dark rec
ord no perceptible change in them. Enhanced photoenolisation of the di
ketones, in the presence of bromine or iodine, is deemed to be the key
step in these transformations.