D. Dhawan et Sk. Grover, AN EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF 2'-HYDROXYCHALCONES INTO FLAVANONES - USE OF TETRA-N-BUTYLAMMONIUM IODIDE, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 36(1), 1997, pp. 73-74
2'-Hydroxychalcones 1 possessing different substitution patterns in ri
ngs A and B, have been found to undergo efficient isomerization to the
corresponding flavanones 2 when heated in ethanol with hydrochloric a
cid and tetra-n-butylammonium iodide.