Isocoumarins

Abstract

This chapter of the book discusses an important component of organic chemistry called isocoumarins. This book Advances in Synthetic Organic Chemistry mentions various chemical agents, and these are classified by both their functional group type and product utility designation. This kind of classification helps the reader look for a specific agent with much ease. This chapter focuses on one organic compound and that is isocoumarins. This chapter uses one US patent to describe the concerned topic of isocoumarins. The patent discussed here is the process for preparing isocoumarins. It presents various details about the patent including its assignee and utility designation. The assignee of this patent is ILEX Products, Inc. and the utility designation is high yielding method for preparing isocoumarin derivatives. The experimental details explain the entire process, which is followed by descriptive notes. A few derivatives are also mentioned in the chapter. Lastly, a few references are listed—US patents that have been used to collect the information for the content of the chapter.