Kc. Majumdar et al., Unusual ring contraction of 3H-pyrano[2,3-c] quinolin-5(6H)-ones to furo[2,3-c]quinolin-4(5H)-ones, HETEROCYCLE, 51(3), 1999, pp. 471-474
A number of 1-aryloxymethyl-3H-pyrano[2,3-c]quinolin-5(6H)-ones (1a-h) on h
eating in N,N-diethylaniline for 8 h afforded 1-aryloxymethyl-2-methyl-furo
[2,3-c]quinolin-4(5H)-ones (2a-h) in 66-79 % yields.