Data, concerning condensation reactions of salicylaldehydes and 2-methylfur
an are generalized. During the course of investigation a sequence of procee
ding transformations is established. It is shown that it is possible to obt
ain 2-hydroxyarylbis(5-methylfur-2-yl)methane, benzofuran or oxazulene deri
vatives selectively by simple changing of the reaction conditions.