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Furan derivatives. CVII. Stereochemistry of substituted β-(2-furyl)vinyl cyanides

F. Považanec, J. Kováč, and M. Dandárová

Department of Organic Chemistry, Slovak Technical University, 880 37 Bratislava

Abstract:  Condensation of substituted 2-furaldehydes with phenylacetonitrile or 4-nitrophenylacetonitrile afforded the respective β-(5-X-2-furyI)-α-(4-Y-phenyl)vinyl cyanides. ¹H-n.m.r. spectroscopy evidenced these products to be Z isomers.

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Chemical Papers 32 (3) 397–401 (1978)