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White crystalline powder

6-Methylchromone may be employed as activated alkene in the methanolic trimethylamine or sodium methoxide catalyzed Baylis-Hillman coupling reaction with aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes.

6-Methylchromone hydrate is a chromone derivative. Chromones are cyclic compounds containing nine carbon atoms with sp² hybridization. They are commonly referred as 1,4-benzapyranes or γ-benzopyrones.