Oxidative cyclisation of chalcones with thallium(III)nitrate: Synthesis of (Z)-2-phenylmethylene-7-nitro-3(2H)-benzofuranones

Rajender S. Varma1, Manju Varma1
1The Robert Robinson Laboratories, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.

Tóm tắt

Oxidation of 2′-hydroxy-3′-nitrochalcones with thallium(III) nitrate gives (Z)-2-phenylmethylene-7-nitrobenzofuran-3(2H)-one derivatives, rather than the more usual 1,2-diaryl-3,3-dimethoxypropan-1-ones or the corresponding isoflavones.

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