(1) Latvian Institute of Organic Chemistry, LV-1006 Riga
Abstract:
The oxidation of 2-acetyl-5-methyl-4-R-furans (R = H, NO2) by selenious acid was studied. Derivatives substituted at the C=O groups of the corresponding glyoxals were obtained. The nitration of 2-(5-methyl-2-furyl)quinoxaline was carried out at C(4'). Oxidative splitting of the -nitrofuryl group occurs at the C(4)-C(5) and C(5)-O bonds.