Synthesis and Structure of Some Asymmetrically Substituted Furoxans. 1. ... A. Gasco, V. Mortarini, C. Kua, GM Nano, and E. Menziani ... Istituto di Chimica Farmaceutica e Tossicologica della Universiti, Torino, Italy ... From the mixture of isomeric esters obtained by heating 3-methyl-4-furoxancarboxylic acid ethyl ester, some furoxan derivatives have been prepared; their structures were assigned on the basis of nmr spectroscopy.