Reactions of 5,6,7,8-tetrafluoro-4-hydroxycoumarin derivatives with benzylamine and aniline

5,6,7,8-Tetrafluoro-4-hydroxycoumarin reacted with benzylamine under mild conditions to give a stable salt, while its refluxing with aniline or benzylamine in xylene afforded 5,6,7,8-tetrafluoro-4-phenyl(benzyl)aminocoumarins. Reactions of 3-acetyl(acetimidoyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrafluoro-4-hydroxycoumarins with benzylamine followed different pathways, depending on the solvent. Condensation at the acyl substituent can be accompanied by replacement of the F atom in position 7. 3-Acetylcoumarin formed a salt, while 3-acetimidoylcoumarin yielded a 7-monosubstituted product. 3-Acetyl(acetimidoyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrafluoro-4-hydroxycoumarins reacted with aniline to give only 5,6,7,8-tetrafluoro-4-hydroxy-3-(N-phenylacetimidoyl)coumarin. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1170–1174, July, 2006.