Oe. Nasakin et al., SYNTHESIS OF BISALKENYL ETHERS BY THE REACTION OF 1,1,2,2-TETRACYANOETHANE WITH ALPHA-ALKYLACROLEINS IN ISOPROPYL-ALCOHOL, Russian chemical bulletin, 45(1), 1996, pp. 237-238
The reaction of 1,1,2,2-tetracyanoethane (1) with alpha-alkylacroleins
in isopropyl alcohol affords opropoxy)hydroxymethyl-1,5,5-tricyanocyc
lopentenes (2a,b) and 1,8-diisopropoxy-4,4,5,5-tetracyanoocta-1,7-dien
es (3a,b). The structure of molecule 3b has been established by X-ray
structural analysis.