Synthesis 2013; 45(14): 1950-1954
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338454
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Efficient Synthesis of 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles Conjugated to Thiophene or Furan Rings via an Ethenyl Linker

Agnieszka Kudelko*
Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, The Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 4, 44100 Gliwice, Poland   Fax: +48(32)2371021   Email: Agnieszka.Kudelko@polsl.pl
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Karolina Jasiak
Department of Chemical Organic Technology and Petrochemistry, The Silesian University of Technology, Krzywoustego 4, 44100 Gliwice, Poland   Fax: +48(32)2371021   Email: Agnieszka.Kudelko@polsl.pl
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Received: 11 March 2013

Accepted after revision: 08 April 2013

Publication Date:
08 May 2013 (online)


Abstract

A novel and efficient synthesis of 5-substituted 2-[2-(2-furyl)ethenyl]-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and 2-[2-(2-thienyl)ethenyl]-1,3,4-oxadiazoles by cyclocondensation of the appropriate 3-(2-furyl)- and 3-(2-thienyl)acrylohydrazides with triethyl orthoesters in the presence of glacial acetic acid is reported. The formation of symmetrically substituted 2,5-bis[2-(2-furyl)ethenyl]-1,3,4-oxadiazole and 2,5-bis[2-(2-thienyl)ethenyl]-1,3,4-oxadiazole from the corresponding N,N′-diacylhydrazines under the influence of phosphorus oxychloride is also described.