Dv. Kravtchenko et al., UNUSUAL TRANSFORMATION OF 4-METHYLDIHYDROFURO[2,3-H]COUMARIN-9-ONE OXIME IN PRESENCE OF BECKMANN REARRANGEMENT CATALYSTS, Heterocyclic communications, 3(4), 1997, pp. 331-338
The rearrangement of 4-methyIdihydrofuro[2,3-h]coumarin-9-one oxime in
presence of Beckmann catalyst (mixture of glacial acetic acid with HC
l or HBr) or POCl3 provides corresponding 8-halogeno-4-methyldihydrofu
ro[2,3-h]coumarin- 9-ones formation. alpha-Halogenation of condensed f
uranone ring seems to be due to imin-amin tautomerism of the oxime. 8-
Halogeno-4-methyldihydrofuro[2,3-h] coumarin-9-ones have been transfor
med to 9-acetoxy-8-halogeno-4-methylangelicins (due to their ketoenol
tautomerism) and to 8-substituted derivatives (due to their reactivity
with nucleophiles).