“…According to the general procedure I, hydrazone 2a was synthesized from aniline (1.0 g, 10.73 mmol) and obtained as an orange solid (1.81 g, 99%): Mp 136-138 °C (EtOH); R f 0.54 (cyclohexane-EtOAc 4 : 1); 1 H NMR δ 13.00 (br s, 1H, NH), 7.49-7.45 (m, 2H, H-2, H-6), 7.45-7.39 (m, 2H, H-3, H-5), 7.26-7.18 (m, 1H, H-4); 13 According to the general procedure I, hydrazone 2b was synthesized from 2-benzyloxyaniline (1.3 g, 6.52 mmol) and obtained as an orange solid (1.59 g, 89%): Mp 114-116 °C (EtOH); R f 0.47 (cyclohexane-EtOAc 3 : 1); 1 H NMR (acetone-d 6 ) δ 10.62 (br s, 1H, NH), 7.58-7.51 (m, 3H, H Ar ), 7. 3H,H Ar ),2H,1H,, 5.32 (s, 2H, CH 2 ); 13 C NMR (acetone-d 6 ) δ 148.1 (C-2), 137.4 (C-1′), 130.7 (C-1), 129.6 (CH), 129.1 (CH), 128.5 (CH), 127.6 (CH), 122.9 (CH), 116.9 (CH), 114.6 (CH), 113.9, 109.4 (2 CuN), 88.2 (CvN), 71.9 (CH 2 ); IR ν 3275 (NH), 2223, 2205(CuN), 1609, 1594, 1530, 1485, 1461, 1441, 1278, 1162, 1107 45 2-[(3-Benzyloxy-phenyl)-hydrazono]-malononitrile (2f ). According to the general procedure I, hydrazone 2f was synthesized from 3-benzyloxyaniline (5.0 g, 25.1 mmol) and obtained as an orange solid (6.79 g, 98%): R f 0.67 (cyclohexane-EtOAc 2 : 1); 24 2-[(3-tert-Butyl ester)-hydrazono]-malononitrile (2h).…”