Kamat, S.P.; Menezes, J.C.; Siddhaye, B.M.; Paknikar, S.K.
(Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B-Organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry. 47(10); 2008; 1597-1599.)
Two different high yielding synthetic routes both starting with 6-methylcoumarin 2 have been described to prepare 4-hydroxy-7-methyl-1-indanone 1, a constituent of cyanobacterium Nostoc commune having antibacterial activity. ...