with sodium borohydride afforded 5-substituted 3-(1,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)-2-furanamines. The latter were shown to be masked amino aldehydes. Thus, the corresponding 2-amino-3-furancarboxaldehyde phenylhydrazones and semicarbazones were obtained upon treatment with phenylhydrazine and semicarbazide, respectively, whereas condensation with malononitrile yielded 2-substituted 6-aminofuro[2