“…For NC-substituted enaminones, the CH proton of the N–CH moiety has 3 J H,CN coupling with the cyano group in the range of 4.6–5.8 Hz and 9.6–10.8 Hz for their cis - and trans -orientation, respectively. 18 Also in the literature the 3 J H,C O coupling has been measured 19 for similar structures, alkoxymethylidenediones ( cis - 3 J H,C O = 2.6–4.0 Hz, trans - 3 J H,C O = 7.7–10.1 Hz) and the magnitudes of these 3 J H,C O coupling constants are convenient parameters for establishment of enaminodione configuration in our case. It was found that for enaminodione 3b the carbonyl group of the aroyl substituent (C-4′) is a quartet at δ 193.0 ppm with 3 J H,C = 3.7 Hz, which indicates the cis -arrangement of the H-6 proton relative to C-4′ ( Fig.…”