Synlett, Table of Contents Synlett 2013; 24(16): 2124-2126DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339521 letter © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York An Approach to the Synthesis of 2-Acylchromeno[3,4-c]pyrrol-4(2H)-one Derivatives via a Sequential Three-Component Reaction Abdolali Alizadeh* a Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran Fax: +98(21)88006544 Email: abdol_alizad@yahoo.com Email: aalizadeh@modares.ac.ir , Rashid Ghanbaripour a Department of Chemistry, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box 14115-175, Tehran, Iran Fax: +98(21)88006544 Email: abdol_alizad@yahoo.com Email: aalizadeh@modares.ac.ir , Long-Guan Zhu b Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. of China › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article All articles of this category Abstract An efficient synthesis of 2-acylchromeno[3,4-c]pyrrol-4(2H)-one derivatives by a three-component reaction of salicylaldehydes, β-keto esters, and p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide is reported. Key words Key words2-acylchromeno[3,4-c]pyrrol-4(2H)-one - p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide - salicylaldehyde - [1,3]-acyl shift Full Text References References and Notes 1 Coumarins: Occurrence, Chemistry and Biochemistry. John Wiley and Sons; New York: 1982: 21 2 Murray RD. H In Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products . Vol. 83. Herz W, Falk H, Kirby GW, Moore RE. Springer; Wien: 2002: 1-529 3 Wang CJ, Hsieh YJ, Chu CY, Lin YL, Tseng TH. Cancer Lett. 2002; 183: 163 4 Cravotto G, Nano GM, Palmisano G, Tagliapietra S. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2001; 12: 707 5 Fan GJ, Mar W, Park MK, Wook Choi E, Kim K, Kim S. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 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