(E)-2-(2-Nitroethenyl)furan

The title compound, C6H5NO3, was synthesized via condensation of furfural with nitromethane in the presence of isobutylamine. The compound crystallizes exclusively as the E isomer. The angle between the mean planes of the furan ring and the nitroalkenyl group is 1.3 (2)°.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pedro Valerga, M. Carmen Puerta, Zenaida Rodríguez Negrín, Nilo Castañedo Cancio, Miguel Palma Lovillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Union of Crystallography 2009-08-01
Series:Acta Crystallographica Section E
Online Access:http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160053680902861X