Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... A series of furans are converted directly,by reaction with chlorosulphonyl isocyanate, into furancarbonitriles. A route to furfuralcarbonitriles is described involving a new application of the ruthenium dioxide - sodium metaperiodate oxidizing system. ... 1 H-NMR spectra were ...