“…This fragment was found in the structure of various biologically active and natural compounds [33,34], which indicates that this idea is worth developing. Previously, we proposed a simple method for the preparation of 3-hydrazinylidenefuran-2(3H)-one derivatives by intramolecular cyclization of substituted 2-[2-(4-Rbenzoyl)hydrazinylidene]-4-oxobutanoic acids in the presence of acetic or propionic anhydride [35,36]. Furthermore, this method was applied to 3-imino(thiophen-2-yl)furan-2(3H)-ones derivatives, which include the pharmacophore fragment, Gewald aminothiophene [37][38][39][40][41].…”