A novel method for the preparation of (±)-methyl 1,1a,2,7b-tetrahydro-2-oxocyclopropa[c] chromene-1a-carboxylate has been developed. The cyclopropanation of methyl coumarin-3-carboxylate provided title compound inmoderate yield by dropwise treatmentwith 1.5 equiv. of dimethylsulfoxonium methylide over 6 h. The structure of the newly synthesized compound was determined using 1H-, 13C-NMR, IR and mass spectral data.