Reaction of zinc enolates prepared from 2,2-dibromoindan-1-one or 2,2-dibromo-1-tetralone and zinc with 2-oxochromen-3-carboxylic acid derivatives

Abstract

Zinc enolates obtained from 2,2-dibromonidan-1-one or 2,2-dibromo-1-tetralone and zinc reacted with alkyl esters and amides of 2-oxochromen-3-carboxylic acid giving the corresponding derivatives of 2,1′-dioxo-spiro(1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-1,2′-indan)-or 1′,2′,3′,4′-tetrahydro-2,1′-dioxospiro(1a,7b-dihydrocyclopropa[c]chromen-1,2′-naphthalene)-1a-carboxylic acids prevailingly in the form of a single geometric isomer.