%0 Journal Article %T The Use of Umbelliferone in the Synthesis of New Heterocyclic Compounds %A Ahmed A. Al-Amiery %A Ahmed Y. Musa %A Abdul Amir H. Kadhum %A Abu Bakar Mohamad %J Molecules %D 2011 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/molecules16086833 %X New coumarin derivatives, namely 7-[(5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methoxy]-2H-chromen-2-one (4), 5-[(2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yloxy)methyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2(3H)-one (5), 2-[2-(2-oxo-2H-chromen-7-yloxy)acetyl]-N-phenylhydrazinecarbothioamide (7), 7-[(5-(phenylamino)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)methoxy]-2H-chromen-2-one (8) and 7-[(5-mercapto-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methoxy]-2H-chromen-2-one (9) were prepared starting from the natural compound umbelliferone (1). The newly synthesized compounds were characterized by elemental analysis and spectral studies (IR, 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR). %K coumarin %K ethyl bromoacetate %K phosphorous oxychloride %K 1 %K 3 %K 4-thiadiazole %K thiosemicarbazide %K umbelliferone %U http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/16/8/6833