Intramolecular participation in hypervalent iodine oxidation. The synthesis of coumaran-3-ones, aurone, and isoaurone
Abstract
Oxidation of o-hydroxyphenyl alkyl ketones with Phl(OAc)2/KOH–MeOH leads to 2,2-dimethoxycoumaran-3-ones which in the case of o-hydroxy-α-phenylpropiophenone offers a convenient route to aurone and isoaurone.