a Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra 136119, Haryana, India b Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
Abstract:
Photoreorganisation of 2-alkoxy-2-(4′-methoxyphenyl)-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-diones in anhydrous acetone affords exclusively Z-3-alkoxy-3-(4′-methoxyphenyl)methylidene]-1(3H)-isobenzofuranones. The products were identified by X-ray crystallography of one of them.