“…Continuation of our studies on the reactions of 2-dicyanomethyleneindane-1,3-dione (15) with compounds containing active methylene groups such as N-arylisoindolines [45], arylaminomethylbenzimidazole-2-thiols [46], thioxopyrimidine derivatives [40], benzimidazolylacetonitrile [47], and 2-mercaptobenzazoles [48] prompted us to investigate the behavior of 2-dicyanomethyleneindane-1,3-dione (15) and its facile isomer 2,3-dicyano-1,4-naphthoquinone [49,50] The 1 H-NMR spectrum of 19 displayed two broad singlets at 11.80 and 12.15 ppm due to pyrimidine-NH's, in addition to the aromatic protons. In its 13 C-NMR spectrum, C-6 and C-5 resonate at δ 166.44 and 105.00 respectively; further peaks at δ 143.20, 149.90 (Ar-C-OH), 167.34 (C = O) and 182.50 (C = S) were also observed.…”