5-Amino-3-imino-2,3-dihydrofurans and 3-amino-5-imino-2,5-dihydrofurans from 4,4-dialkyl-4-hydroxybut-2-ynenitriles
Abstract
A novel general synthesis of the dihydrofurans 4 and 3b with nitrogen substituents in the 3-and 5-positions from 4,4-dialkyl-4-hydroxybut-2-ynenitriles 1 and primary and secondary amines is described. A 5-amino group reacts further with unchanged, or an excess of, hydroxybutynenitrile to give the difurylimines 6.