Dimethylformamide → 4-(2,6-Dichlorophenoxy)-6-(methoxymethyloxy)coumarin

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A mixture of 4-(2,6-dichlorophenoxy)-6-hydroxycoumarin (1.2 g, 3.2 mmole), dimethoxymethane (0.565 g, 7.4 mmole), POCl3 (0.74 g, 4.8 mmole) and dimethylformamide (0.43 g, 5.94 mmole) in toluene is heated at 90°-100° C. for 4 hours, cooled to room temperature, poured onto ice water and filtered. The filtercake is dried and recrystallized from acetonitrile/water to afford the title product, 0.45 g (38% yield), mp 302°-305° C. (dec), identified by 1HNMR, 13CNMR and IR analyses.

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