Ay. Chizhova et Vf. Anufriev, Isomerization of 6,9-dihydroxy-2-methyl-2-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)-2H-benzo[g]chromene-5,10-dione into naphthoherniarin A derivatives, RUSS J ORG, 36(7), 2000, pp. 1007-1010
6,9-Dihydroxy-2-methyl-2-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)-2H-benzo [g]chromene-5, 10-d
ione in aprotic medium undergoes acid-catalyzed isomerization to give a mix
ture of (+/-)-4a,12b-cis- and (+/-)-4a,12b-trans-8,11-dihydroxy-2,5,5-trime
thyl-4,4a,5, 12b-tetrahydro-3H-dibenzo[c,g]chromene-7, 12-diones, the first
of which is a structural isomer of (+/-)-naphtoherniarin A.