Furocoumarins, dihydro

Other furocoumarins, although they have rather different structures, have very similar names, which gives rise to confusion. Thus, whereas oroselone (8) is 8-isopropenyl-2//-furo[2,3-A][l]benzopyran-2-one12 and oroselol (9) is 8-(l-hydroxy-l-methylethyl)-2 -furo[2,3- ][l]benzopy-ran-2-one, oreoselone (10) is 2-isopropyl-2,3-dihydro-7 -furo[3,2-gr][l]-benzopyran- 3,7- 2 -dione.13... 

Dieck reported preparation of the tetrahydrocarbazole 337 by heteroannulation of o-iodoaniline with 1,3-cyclohexadiene [137], As a recent example, heteroannulation of the o-iodoaniline derivative 338 with the conjugate dienyl sulfone 339 afforded the vinylogous 2-sulfonylindoline 340, which was converted to the indole derivative 341 by oxidative dehydrogenation [138]. Pd-catalyzed annulation of 1,3-dienes by o-iodoacetoxycoumain 342 offers a synthetic method for dihydro-furocoumarins. The dihydrofurocoumarin 343 was obtained by the reaction of 342 with 1-phenylbutadiene in 80% yield. After optimization, the uses of Pd(OAc)2,... 

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