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A Novel Skeleton Transformation of 2a-Substituted 2a,8b-Dihydro-3H-benzo[b]cyclobuta[d]pyran-3-ones to 2-(2-Oxoethyl)-2H-1-benzopyrans Promoted by a Combination of ZnI2, Organic Base and H2O

Navnath Dnyanoba Yadava, Masayuki Yamashita*a, Yumiko Sayaa, Ai Kurumea, Ikuo Kawasakia,b, Shunsaku Ohtaa
a Department of Functional Molecular Chemistry, 21st COE Program, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Misasagi-Nakauchi, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan
Fax: +81(75)5954795; e-Mail: yamasita@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp;
b School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women’s University, Koshien Kyuban-cho, Nishinomiya 663-8179, Japan