Synthesis, Table of Contents SHORTPAPER© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkA Novel Synthesis of New 3-Aryl-7-methylpyrano[4,3-b]pyran-4H,5H-diones Using Hypervalent Iodine(III) ReagentsOm Prakash*, Ajay Kumar, Anil K. Sadana*, Shiv P. SinghChemistry Department, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana 136119, IndiaFax: +91(1744)238277; e-Mail: dromprakash50@rediffmail.com; e-Mail: sadana@rice.edu; Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract Oxidation of 3-cinnamoyl-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-ones with [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene in CH2Cl2 leads to cyclization, thereby providing a new and convenient route for the synthesis of 3-aryl-7-methylpyrano[4,3-b]pyran-4H,5H-diones. Key words hypervalent iodine - [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene - oxidation - chalcone - dehydroacetic acid Full Text References References <A NAME="RP08405SS-1">1</A> Singh SP. Kumar D. Batra H. Naithani R. Rozas J. Elguero J. Can. J. Chem. 2000, 78: 1109 <A NAME="RP08405SS-2">2</A> Prakash O. Kumar A. Sadana A. Singh SP. Synth. Commun. 2002, 32: 2663 <A NAME="RP08405SS-3">3</A> Prakash O. Kumar A. Singh SP. J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2003, 80: 1035 <A NAME="RP08405SS-4">4</A> Siddiq M. Qamar Y. Indian J. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem. Incl. Med. Chem. 1988, 27: 373 <A NAME="RP08405SS-5">5</A> Prakash O. Tanwar MP. J. Chem. Res., Synop. 1995, 1429: 213 <A NAME="RP08405SS-6">6</A> Prakash O. Tanwar MP. Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 1995, 68: 1168 <A NAME="RP08405SS-7">7</A> Prakash O. Tanwar MP. Indian J. Chem., Sect. B: Org. Chem. Incl. Med. Chem. 1994, 33: 272 <A NAME="RP08405SS-8">8</A> Prakash O. Pahuja S. Goyal S. Sawhney SN. Moriarty RM. Synlett 1990, 337 <A NAME="RP08405SS-9">9</A> Ollis WD. Ormand KL. Sutherland IO. J. Chem. Soc. C 1970, 119 <A NAME="RP08405SS-10">10</A> Wiley RH. Jarboe CH. Elert HG. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1955, 77: 5102