Application of the Lewis acid-catalysed Claisen rearrangement of 4′-(1,1-dimethylallyloxy) coumarates to the synthesis of demethylsuberosin
Abstract
The synthesis of the linear coumarin demethylsuberosin (1) is described via regioselective boron trifluoride–diethyl ether-catalysed Claisen rearrangement of methyl 2′-benzyloxy-4′-(1,1-dimethylallyloxy)cinnamate (4c).