Mg. Kulkarni et Rm. Rasne, SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL 3-ALLYLBENZOFURANS VIA A WITTIG OLEFINATION AND CLAISEN REARRANGEMENT SEQUENCE, Synthesis, (12), 1997, pp. 1420-1424
A short and novel synthesis of hitherto unknown 3-allylbenzofurans is
described. Wittig olefination of protected 2-hydroxybenzaldehydes foll
owed by Claisen rearrangement resulted in the formation of pent-4-en-1
-als. These. on deprotection and dehydration, gave 3-allylbenzofurans.