MICROWAVE INDUCED SYNTHESIS OF COUMARINS FROM IN SITU GENERATED STABILIZED PHOSPHORUS YLIDES IN THE PRESENCE OF SILICA GEL POWDER IN SOLVENT-FREE CONDITIONS

Protonation of the highly reactive 1:1 intermediates, produced in the reaction between triphenylphosphine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, by phenols (1-hydroxynaphthalene, 2-hydroxynaphthalene and 4-bromophenol) leads to vinyltriphenylphosphonium salts, which undergo aromatic electrophilic substitution reaction with conjugate base to produce corresponding stabilized phosphorus ylides. Microwave was found to catalyze conversion of the stabilized phosphorus ylides to corresponding coumarins in the presence of silica gel powder in solvent-free conditions.