Mha. Elgamal et al., SYNTHESIS AND SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF SOME DIMERIC COUMARIN AND FURANOCOUMARIN MODELS, Monatshefte fuer Chemie, 128(6-7), 1997, pp. 701-712
The synthesis of some dimeric coumarin and furanocoumarin models and t
heir structure elucidation by H-1 NMR, C-13 NMR, and mass spectroscopy
is presented. In the presence of moisture some aldehydes are accompan
ied by their hydrates. Methoxy signal doubling in the presence of a ch
iral lanthanide shift reagent proves the dimeric nature of compound 8.
In the mass spectra, heterolytic cleavage of the O-C linkage was noti
ced which is a ran fragmentation in the case of aromatic ethers.