Abstract

Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) of o-allyloxycinnamate esters gives benzofurans in high yield, via cyclisation of a phenoxyl radical and subsequent cleavage of the carboxylic ester function; coumarins are obtained by FVP of the corresponding phenols.

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