Reaction of 6-aryl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxin-4-ones with acetylacetone and methyl acylpyruvates

Aroyl ketenes formed in the thermolysis of 6-aryl-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxin-4-ones undergo a [4+2]-cycloaddition reaction with acetylacetone and methyl acylpyruvates to give 2-methyl- and 2-methoxycarbonyl-3-acyl-6-arylpyran-4-ones, respectively.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 161–163, February, 1989.