a Chemistry Department, Haldia Government College, Midnapore, West Bengal, India b Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032, India
Abstract:
Condensation of coumarins with chloroform and acetone in the presence of a base furnished o-carboxyvinylphenoxyisobutyric acids in good yields. The diacid 7a was transformed in a few high yielding steps to the marine sesquiterpene helianane underscoring the importance of this new protocol.