“…α-Cyanoacrylonitriles have played critical roles as synthetic intermediates (Cutrí et al, 1998), riot control agents (Jones, 1972), pre-polymers (Lee et al, 2007;Kharas et al, 2009), piezoelectric materials (Lee et al, 2003), and optoelectronic devices (Aloui et al, 2016). Moreover, in drug discovery, α-cyanoacrylonitriles are potential compounds with cytostatic (Latif et al, 1970), anti-inflammatory (Girgis et al, 2007), hypotensive (El-Sadek et al, 2007), and bronchodilatory (Girgis et al, 2015) properties. Therefore, studying the synthesis of α-cyanoacrylonitriles is of great importance for future applications.…”