N. Cairns et al., BORON HALIDE CATALYZED REGIOSELECTIVE ORTHO-CLAISEN REARRANGEMENTS OF4'-ALLYLOXYCOUMARIC ACID-DERIVATIVES - TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF DEMETHYLSUBEROSIN, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (21), 1994, pp. 3095-3100
6-Allyl-7-hydroxycoumarin 3 and the naturally occurring linear coumari
n, demethylsuberosin (7-hydroxy-6-prenylcoumarin) 7 have been prepared
in goods yields via regioselective boron halide catalysed ortho-Clais
en rearrangements, This procedure provides an efficient alternative ap
proach to linear substituted coumarins without using a halogen to bloc
k the 8-(angular) position.