Abstract
A number of 6-methyl-4-N-(4-aryloxybut-2-ynyl)-N-methylaminopyran-2-ones (3a-g) on treatment with one equivalent of 3-chloroperoxybenzoic acid at 0-5 C during 25 minutes and then stirring at room temperature for 9 h afforded pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyrone derivatives (4a-g) in (80-85 %) yield. 6-Methyl-4-N-(4- aryloxybut-2-ynyl)N-methylaminopyran-2-ones (3a-g) were in turn prepared from 4-tosyloxy-6-methylpyran- 2-ones (1) and N-(4-aryloxybut-2-ynyl)- N-methylamine (2a-g).
Keywords: Amine-oxide rearrangement, [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement, pyrrolo-pyrone, heterocycles, N-(4-aryloxybut-2-ynyl)-N-methylamine, m-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid