An unexpected thermal-ring-rearrangement of benzochromenes to inden-3-yl-naphthols with pTsOH
2018 ◽
Vol 16
(42)
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pp. 7920-7925
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Described here is the first report of an unexpected thermal-ring rearrangement (TRR) of benzochromenes to indene derivatives promoted by pTsOH, which proceeds through the protonation of benzochromenes by an acid catalysts followed by ring-opening and ring-closure by an intramolecular Friedel–Crafts cyclization.