Ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate → 7-hydroxy-3,4-dimethyl-2H-chromen-2-one

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Resorcinol (5.5 g) and 7.2 g of ethyl 2-methylacetoacetate were stirred at 10° C. for 3 hours in the presence of a catalytic amount concentrated sulfuric acid to give 7.8 g (yield 83%) of 3,4-dimethyl-7-hydroxycoumarin. The product was hydrogenated and dehydrated as in Referential Example 16 to give 5.7 g (78%) of the desired product as a pale brown liquid.

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