A. Goel et al., SYNTHESIS OF 1,3-TERARYLS THROUGH CARBANION INDUCED RING TRANSFORMATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED PYRAN-2-ONES, Synthesis, (2), 1998, pp. 167-170
1,3-Teraryls 2 were synthesised by reaction of l-3-methoxycarbonyl-4-(
methylthio)-2H-pyran-2-ones 1a with aryl methyl ketones. An analogous
reaction with 6-aryl-3-cyano-4(methylthio)-2H-pyran-2-ones 1b and aryl
methyl ketones failed to yield cyano-substituted 1,3-teraryls, but af
forded (4,6-diarylpyran-2-ylidene)acetonitriles 4 in poor yields.