Synlett 2013; 24(15): 2003-2005
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1339501
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

An Efficient Access to Fluorescent 2,3,4-Tricyanofurans from α-Cyano Ketones Using DDQ as Maleonitrile Building Block

Jiang-Sheng Li*
a   Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(731)85258733   Email: jslichem@gmail.com   Email: lizwhn@126.com
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Yuan Xue
a   Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(731)85258733   Email: jslichem@gmail.com   Email: lizwhn@126.com
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Zhi-Wei Li*
a   Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(731)85258733   Email: jslichem@gmail.com   Email: lizwhn@126.com
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Wei-Dong Liu
b   National Engineering Research Center for Agrochemicals, Hunan Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Changsha 410007, P. R. of China
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Cui-Hong Lu
a   Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(731)85258733   Email: jslichem@gmail.com   Email: lizwhn@126.com
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Pei-Xia Zhao
a   Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Materials Protection for Electric Power and Transportation, School of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, P. R. of China   Fax: +86(731)85258733   Email: jslichem@gmail.com   Email: lizwhn@126.com
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Publication History

Received: 28 May 2013

Accepted after revision: 11 July 2013

Publication Date:
14 August 2013 (online)


Abstract

An efficient synthetic method was developed for the synthesis of 2,3,4-tricyanofurans from α-cyano ketones using DDQ as maleonitrile building block under very mild conditions. This methodology allows for the construction of a new kind of fluorescent core framework.

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