Synlett 2016; 27(11): 1720-1724
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561952
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Synthesis of 2-Amino-4-(3-amino-5-hydroxy-4H-pyrazol-4-ylidene)-4H-chromene-3-carbonitriles

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Received: 09. Januar 2016

Accepted after revision: 03. März 2016

Publikationsdatum:
05. April 2016 (online)


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A simple and efficient protocol was developed for the synthesis of 2-amino-4-(3-amino-5-hydroxy-4H-pyrazol-4-ylidene)-4H-chromene-3-carbonitriles by the potassium phosphate-catalyzed reaction of salicylaldehydes, malononitrile, and 2-cyanoacetohydrazide in ethanol. The method offers advantages such as a simple workup procedure and good yields. When the method was extended to two equivalents of 2-cyanoacetohydrazide instead of malononitrile, the unexpected formation of a salicylaldehyde azine was observed, leading to a novel route for the synthesis of salicylaldehyde azines.

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