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A Convenient Method for the Preparation of Pyran-4-One |
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| Authors: | C De Souza Y Hajikarimian P W Sheldrake |
| Institution: | SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Old Powder Mills , Nr Leigh, Tonbridge Kent, TN, 11 9AN |
| Abstract: | In the presence of catalytic quantities of copper and of certain heterocyclic bases, chelidonic acid is decarboxylated in refluxing 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene to pyran-4-one in high yield. |
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