Abstract
1,5-Benzodiazepin-2-ones (3a - d) were obtained fromω-carbethoxy visnaginone or ω-carbethoxy khellinone and substituted 1,2-phenylenediamines. Reactions of active nitriles such as malononitrile and ethyl cyanoacetate with substituted 6-dimethylaminomethylene furocoumarins (4a,b) are described. Additionally, reaction of substituted 6-dimethylaminomethylene furocoumarins with different amino acids gave furochromen-6-ylidenemethyl amino acids (7 - 9). Compound 7 was coupled with glycine ethyl ester to form amino acetic acid ethyl ester (10).