“…In attempts to obtain spiro-2H-oxocines 28, Fischer's base was allowed to react with 2-hydroxycinnamaldehyde, but the reaction resulted in the products (28a) of condensation of two molecules of the methylene base with a molecule of the aldehyde. 87 With 3,5-dinitrocinnamaldehyde, the black crystalline open form 28b was formed in a moderate yield, but it could not be rearranged to the corresponding spirocyclic isomer 28.…”