Acrylonitrile → 7-(phenylmethoxy)-2H-1-benzopyran-3-carbonitrile

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A mixture of 1.14 g of 4-benzyloxy-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 0.125 g of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2,2,2]octane and 0.65 g of acrylonitrile was stirred and heated at 80°-85° C., under argon, for 2 hours. After removal of the solvent, the residual product was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran-ether (1:1), washed with 1N-sodium hydroxide, water, dried, and the solvents evaporated in vacuo. The crude material (1.10 g) was purified by column chromatography on silica gel to afford 0.6 g (45.7%) of 7-(phenylmethoxy)-2H-1-benzopyran-3-carbonitrile, as a colorless solid mp 95°-98° C. (from ethyl acetate-hexane).

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