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procedure 8, using 3-acetyl-4,5,5-trimethyl-5H-furan-2-one 8d
(0.67 g, 4 mmol), teraphtalaldehyde (0.27 g, 2 mmol) and trie-
thylamine (0.40 g, 4 mmol), gave 9d (0.58 g, 67%) as yellow solid,
Crystal size: 0.47ꢂ0.39ꢂ0.28 mm Formula C19H28N4O4, formula
weight 376.45, crystal system monoclinic, space group C 2/c,
¼90ꢁ,
ꢂ
ꢂ
ꢂ
a¼16.9302(4) A, b¼10.9054(4) A, c¼11.3432(3) A,
a
3
ꢂ
mp 213e214 ꢁC. 1H NMR (CDCl3)
d
8.08 (2H, d, 3J¼17.0 Hz, 2CH]
b
¼103.316(2)ꢁ,
g
¼90ꢁ, V¼2038.00(10) A , Z¼4, calculated
CHPh), 7.65 (4H, s, Harom), 7.26 (2H, d, 3J¼17.0 Hz, 2CH]CHPh),
density¼1.227 g/cm3,
m
¼0.087 mmꢀ1, Rint¼0.042, R[F2>2
s
(F2)]¼
2.66 (6H, s, 2COCH3), 1.76 (12H, s, 4CH3). 13C NMR (CDCl3)
d
196.0,
0.051, wR(F )¼0.151. Selected bond lengths (A), angles (deg) and
dihedral angles (deg): N8eC2 1.2626(13), C6-O7 1.2216(12),
C10eC5eC13 111.67(9) N8eC2-O1 124.23(9). Program(s) used to
solve structure: SHELXSe97. Program(s) used to refine structure:
SHELXLe97. Software used to prepare material for publication:
SHELXTLe97 (G. M. Sheldrick, Bruker ACS Inc.: Madison, WI, 2004).
Crystallographic data for compound 6a have been deposited at the
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, CCDC No 769499. Copies
of this information may be obtained free of charge from The Di-
rector, CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EZ, UK (þ44 1223
m.ac.uk). Deposited Data-CCDC 769499.
2
ꢂ
171.3, 162.6, 142.3, 137.6, 128.9, 128.6, 119.8, 85.2, 30.9, 27.3. EIMS m/
z (% relative abundance): 435 (MþH, 100), 417 (84), 399 (16), 375
(37). HRMS (ES-QTOF) Calcd for C26H27O6 MþH 435.1808. Found
435.1803. IR nmax (neat/cmꢀ1): 1742, 1681, 1607, 1564.
4.9.5. Ethyl 4-(3-(2-(4-ethoxycarbonyl-2,5-dihydro-5,5-dimethyl-2-
oxofuran-3-yl)vinyl)styryl)-2,5-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-5-oxofuran-3-
carboxylate 9e. The general procedure 8, using ethyl 4,5,5-tri-
methyl-2-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-carboxylate 8a (0.79 g, 4 mmol),
isophtalaldehyde (0.27 g, 2 mmol) and triethylamine (0.40 g,
4 mmol), gave 9e (0.80 g, 81%) as white solid, mp 130e132 ꢁC. 1H
NMR (CDCl3)
d
7.92 (2H, d, 3J¼17.0 Hz, 2CH]CHPh), 7.49e7.85 (4H,
m, Harom), 7.19 (2H, d, 3J¼17.0 Hz, 2CH]CHPh), 4.37 (4H, q,
3J¼7.1 Hz, 2CH2CH3), 1.69 (12H, s, 4CH3), 1.36 (6H, t, 3J¼7.1 Hz,
Acknowledgements
2CH2CH3). 13C NMR (CDCl3)
d 171.4, 166.9, 162.2, 140.7, 137.1, 133.0,
We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the ‘Minis-
131.6, 129.9, 128.9, 119.4, 84.2, 61.7, 27.0, 14.2. EIMS m/z (% relative
abundance): 495 (MþH, 84), 467 (100), 449 (57), 421 (15). HRMS
(ES-QTOF) Calcd for C28H31O8 MþH 495.2019. Found 495.2004. IR
nmax (neat/cmꢀ1): 1747, 1702, 1610, 1574.
ꢁ
ꢀ
tere de l’Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Scientifique
ꢀ
Algerien’ (MESRS) within the program PNE 2007.
ꢀ
Also the authors would like to thank Dr. Remy Legay and Mr.
ꢀ
Baptiste Rigaud for NMR spectra and Mrs. Karine Jarsale for ESIMS
and HRMS analysis.
4.9.6. Ethyl 4-(3-(2-(4-ethoxycarbonyl-2,5-dihydro-5-methyl-2-ox-
ofuran-3-yl)vinyl)styryl)-2-ethyl-2,5-dihydro-2-methyl-5-oxofuran-
3-carboxylate 9f. The general procedure 8, using ethyl 5-ethyl-4,
5-dimethyl-2-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-carboxylate 8b (0.85 g,
4 mmol), isophtalaldehyde (0.27 g, 2 mmol) and triethylamine
(0.40 g, 4 mmol), gave 9f (0.76 g, 73%) as white solid, mp
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d
7.90 (2H, d, 3J¼16.9 Hz, 2CH]
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Supplementary data
Data for crystal structure analysis were collected at 293 K with
a BrukereNonius Kappa CCD area detector diffractometer with
ꢂ
graphiteemonochromatized Mo K
a
radiation (
l
¼0.71073 A). The
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structure was solved using direct methods and refined by full-
matrix least-squares analysis on F2. Single crystals of bis-imino-
lactone 6a suitable for X-ray crystallographic analysis were
obtained by slow evaporation of methanol. Crystallographic data: