1. Department of Chemistry , Kurukshetra University , Kurukshetra, 132119 , Haryana , India;2. Department of Chemistry , University of Illinois at Chicago , P.O. Box 4348, Chicago , Illinois , 60680 , U.S.A.
Abstract:
Hypervalent iodine oxidation of several flavanones (1a-1f) using (hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo] benzene in methanol offers a new method for the synthesis of flavones (2a-2f).