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An unexpected thermal-ring-rearrangement of benzochromenes to inden-3-yl-naphthols with: P TsOH
Yaragorla, Srinivasarao,Khan, Tabassum
, p. 7920 - 7925 (2018)
Described here is the first report of an unexpected thermal-ring rearrangement (TRR) of benzochromenes to indene derivatives promoted by pTsOH. This cascade ring-rearrangement proceeds through the protonation of benzochromenes by an acid catalyst followed by ring-opening and ring-closure by an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts cyclization to provide a new bicyclic framework, inden-3-yl-naphthols bearing a quaternary center, which also exhibited atropisomerism. Regioselectivity, broad substrate scope, high yields, solvent-free conditions and atom economy are the additional high points of this ring-rearrangement.
