In 2019,Tetrahedron included an article by Balwe, Sandip Gangadhar; Kim, Jong Su; Kim, Yeong-Il; Jeong, Yeon Tae. Synthetic Route of C9H7NO. The article was titled 《Diversity-oriented one-pot synthesis of furan based densely substituted biheteroaryls via isocyanide insertion》. The information in the text is summarized as follows:
A facile and efficient acid-catalyzed cascade reaction for the synthesis of novel biheteroaryl structural motifs containing densely functionalized furans has been developed. The reaction sequence involves a Knoevenagel condensation of arylglyoxals with aroyl or heteroaroylacetonitrile and subsequently an isocyanide insertion via formal [4+1] cycloaddition followed by rapid [1,3]-H shift to afford uniquely decorated novel biheterocycles, e.g., I. Furthermore, the scope of the methodol. was extended to diverse biheteroaryls by employing 3-(2-furyl)-3-oxopropanenitrile, 3-cyanoacetyl-1-methylindole, 3-oxo-3-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)propanenitrile, 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile, 3-oxo-3-(2-thienyl)propionitrile and benzoylacetonitriles. In addition to this study using 3-Oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile, there are many other studies that have used 3-Oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile(cas: 614-16-4Synthetic Route of C9H7NO) was used in this study.
3-Oxo-3-phenylpropanenitrile(cas: 614-16-4) has been used to produce 2-benzoyl-3-furan-2-yl-acrylonitrile. It is an active methylene compound, useful in heterocyclic synthesis, e.g. polyfunctional pyridines and pyrimidines.Synthetic Route of C9H7NO
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Nitrile – Wikipedia,
Nitriles – Chemistry LibreTexts