ACID-CATALYZED REARRANGEMENTS OF 1-HYDROXY-2,3,4,4A-TETRAHYDRO-9H-XANTHEN-9-ONES - SYNTHESIS AND CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS OF 3,4-DIHYDRO-9H-XANTHEN-9-ONES
Cd. Gabbutt et al., ACID-CATALYZED REARRANGEMENTS OF 1-HYDROXY-2,3,4,4A-TETRAHYDRO-9H-XANTHEN-9-ONES - SYNTHESIS AND CYCLOADDITION REACTIONS OF 3,4-DIHYDRO-9H-XANTHEN-9-ONES, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (9), 1998, pp. 1547-1553
The acid catalysed rearrangement of 1-hydroxy-2,3,4,4a-tetrahydro-9H-x
anthen-9-ones can give 1-alkoxy- or 1-alkylidene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9H
-xanthen-9-ones and/or 3,4-dihydro-9H-xanthen-9-ones depending on the
conditions employed. The last compounds undergo facile Diels-Alder cyc
loaddition reactions.