S. Tollari et al., Synthesis of furocoumarins via rhodium(II)-catalysed heterocyclisation of 3-diazobenzopyran-2,4(3H)-dione with terminal alkynes, SYNTHESIS-S, (5), 2001, pp. 735-740
The rhodium (II) acetate-catalysed decomposition of 3-diazobenzopyran-2,4(3
H)-dione in the presence of a terminal alkyne gave rise to a mixture of iso
meric 2-substituted furo[3,2-c]coumarin and furo[2,3-b]coumarin, resulting
from a formal [3+2] cycloaddition.