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molecular ion peaks in the mass spectra of I, II, and
VI have low intensity, Compounds V give no mole-
cular ion peaks, but they readily lose water with
formation of [M H2O]+ ions ( 18). A similar pattern
is typical of tetraketones I [21].
condensation of acetophenone with diethyl oxalate in
the presence of MeONa [2, 4]. Methyl 3,4-dihydroxy-
6-oxo-6-phenyl-2,4-hexadienoate (II, Alk = Me,
Ar = Ph) was synthesized as described in [8, 9].
2-Substituted 6-aryl-3,4-dihydroxy-6-oxo-2,4-
hexadienoic acid esters and amides Va Vi (general
procedure). To a solution of 10 mmol of 5-aryl-2,3-
dihydrofuran-2,3-dione IVa IVe in 40 50 ml of
dioxane we added 10 mmol of ethyl cyanoacetate or
malonodinitrile and 0.4 ml of triethylamine. After
24 h, the precipitate was filtered off, washed with
ethanol, and recrystallized from dimethylformamide.
Compounds Va Vj were isolated as light yellow
substances poorly soluble in most organic solvents.
Scheme 4.
Ethyl 6-aryl-2-carbamoyl-4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
6-oxo-2,4-hexadienoates VIa and VIb. A mixture of
5 mmol of compound Va or Vb, 100 ml of methanol,
and 6 ml of hydrochloric acid was refluxed for 1 h.
The precipitate was filtered off and recrystallized from
methanol. Products VIa and VIb were isolated as
colorless crystalline substances.
Thus, 5-aryl-2,3-dihydrofuran-2,3-diones IV readily
react with ethyl cyanoacetate and malonodinitrile in
the presence of triethylamine, affording addition prod-
ucts at the lactone carbonyl group of the heteroring.
The resulting semiacetals undergo ring opening at
the C2 O bond, and mild hydrolysis of the cyano
group (in the presence of water) leads to formation of
compounds V. Nucleophilic addition of CH acids at
the lactone carbonyl group of furandiones IV is not
surprising: analogous examples have been well known
and described in detail [5, 7, 12, 14 17, 22, 23].
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