Pyran,its analogs,and related compounds

The effect of amines (benzylamine, N,N-dimethylethylenediamine, and ethylenediamine) on the tert-butyl ester (I) and tert-butyl amide (II) of chromone-2-carboxylic acid was studied. In contrast to the sterically unhindered derivatives of chromone-2-carboxylic acid, I and II do not undergo amidation or transamidation by reaction with the amines but are converted directly to pyran-ring-opening products. In the case of ethylenediamine, further intramolecular cyclization also occurs to form 5-(o-hydroxyphenyl)-7-carboxy-1,4-diaza-4,6-cycloheptadiene derivatives (VII and IX).See [6] for communication XXXVIII.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 17–21, January, 1971.