Preparation of Novel 4-Substituted 6-Methoxy, 6,7-Dimethoxy-, and 6,7-(Methylenedioxy)isochroman-3-ones. 2

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00292a017

The title compounds 20, 21, and 22 have been prepared in modest yields by a two-step reaction involving first the reaction of bromoarenes 3, 7, and 8 with lithioalkyl- and lithioarylacetonitriles under aryne-forming conditions.The cyano products 10, 14, and 16 so formed were then converted to the corresponding isochroman-3-ones by acidic hydrolysis.