“…Moreover, several reports on synthetic routes for 3-acetyl-4-hydroxycoumarin 1 have been published during the last decade via the reaction of 2 with acetic acid or acetic anhydride 4 in the presence of phosphorous oxychloride as a catalyst (Sukdolak et al, 2004;Li et al, 2012a;Traven et al, 2000;Lyssenko and Antipin, 2013;Mulwad and Hegde, 2009;Hamdi et al, 2008;Eisenhauer and Link, 1953;Klosa, 1955;Ukita et al, 1950;Dholakia et al, 1968) (Scheme 2).…”