Abstract
4-Ethoxybenzopyrylium salts, which are converted to the corresponding flavones in quantitative yields by refluxing with water, were synthesized by condensation of o-hydroxyacetophenones with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of ethyl orthoformate and 70% perchloric acid.
Similar content being viewed by others
Literature cited
G. N. Dorofeenko and V. V. Tkachenko, Zh. Org. Khim., 8, 2188 (1972).
G. N. Dorofeenko and V. V. Tkachenko, Zh. Org. Khim., 8, 2202 (1972).
G. N. Dorofeenko, V. V. Tkachenko, and V. V. Mezheritskii, Zh. Org. Khim., 12, 432 (1976).
J. Harborn, Biochemistry of Phenolic Compounds [Russian translation], Mir, Moscow (1968).
I. Heilbron and H. M. Bunbury (editors), Dictionary of Organic Compounds, Vol. 1, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London (1953).
V. Kostanecki and B. Oderfeld, Ber., 32, 1899 (1929).
Lakshmi M. Vijaja and N. V. Subba Rao, Indian J. Chem., 10, 34 (1972).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 187–190, February, 1977.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Dorofeenko, G.N., Tkachenko, V.V., Yakovenko, V.I. et al. Synthesis of 4-ethoxyflavylium salts and flavones. Chem Heterocycl Compd 13, 149–152 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497865
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00497865