Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1979, 44, 1799-1804
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19791799

Synthesis of substituted 2-aryl-4H-furo[3,2-b]pyrroles

Alžbeta Krutošíková, Jaroslav Kováč and Jozef Kristofčák

Department of Organic Chemistry, Slovak Institute of Technology, 880 37 Bratislava

Abstract

Ethyl 3-(5-aryl-2-furyl)-2-azidoacrylates were prepared by reacting 5-aryl-2-furaldehydes with ethyl azidoacetate. Thermolysis of the prepared compounds gave 2-arylfuro[3,2-b]pyrrole-5-carboxylates.