Modified pyranocoumarins containing a condensed cyclopentane fragment were synthesized by adjoining a 2,2-dimethyltetrahydropyran ring to a 2,3-dihydrocyclopenta [c]chromen-4-one system and annelation of a pyrone ring to a 2,2-dimethylchromane.Pyranocoumarins (chromeno-α-pyrones) are widely distributed in nature and contain a 2,2-dimethylpyran ring annelated to a benzopyran-2-one system at the 6,7; 5,6; or 7,8 positions [1]. Most natural pyranocoumarins are derivatives of the linear pyranone xantiletin (1) or its angular isomer seselin (2).Pyranocoumarins also include coumarins with a condensed 2,2-dimethyldihydropyran ring or an annelated 2,2-dimethyltetrahydropryan-4-one moiety. Typical representatives of natural 8,8-dimethyl-7,8-dihydropyrano[3,2-g]chromen-2-ones are dihydroxantiletin (3) isolated from Seseli tortuosum [2], Ammi majus [3], and Cassia pumila [4]; kanzonol Q (4) produced by Glycyrrhiza uralensis [5]; and isoglycycoumarin (5) isolated from Glycyrrhiza aspera [6,7], G. inflata, G. glabra, and G. uralensis [8].Examples of metabolites based on 8,8-dimethyl-7,8-dihydropyrano[3,2-g]chromen-2,6-dione are graveolone (6) produced by Anethum graveolens [9][10][11][12] and Pituranthos tortuosus [13] or clausenine (5-hydroxygraveolone) (7) isolated from Clausena heptaphylla and C. excavata [14][15][16].Our goal was to modify the structure of 2,3-dihydrocyclopenta[c]chromen-4-one by adjoining a 2,2-dimethylpyran ring. The cyclopentane-annelated dihydropyranocoumarins were synthesized by two methods: 1) addition of a 2,2-dimethyltetrahydropyran ring to the coumarin and 2) annelation of a pyrone ring to the 2,2-dimethylchromane core.Because they were necessary for further transformations, 7-hydroxy-6-methyl-2,3-dihydrocyclopenta[c]chromen-4-one (8) and 9-hydroxy-7-methyl-2,3-dihydrocyclopenta[c]chromen-4-one (9) were prepared by Pechmann condensation of 2-methylresorcinol and orcinol, respectively, with ethyl-2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate in the presence of conc. H 2 SO 4 [17]. Condensation of 8 and 3,3-dimethylallylbromide in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid [18] gave the linear dihydropyranocoumarin 6,8,8-trimethyl-2,3,9,10-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyrano[3,2-g]chromen-4-one (10). Using 9 in this condensation forms the angular isomer 2,2,5-trimethyl-3,4,10,11-tetrahydrocylopenta[c]pyrano[2,3-f]chromen-8-one (11). The results were analogous if 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol instead of 3,3-dimethylallylbromide was used as the alkylating agent. PMR spectra of 10 and 11 show simplified splitting patterns for the aromatic protons compared with the starting coumarins owing to a lack of coupling for the benzopyran H-6 proton. For 10, H-11 is observed as a singlet at 6.99 ppm; for 11, H-6 at 6.73 ppm.