Furfural → 1-(Furan-2-yl)but-3-en-1-ol

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Reaction Steps

Reaction and after-treatment were carried out in the same manner as in Example 3 except that an equimolar amount of furfural was used in place of 5-methylfurfural, and that ammonium bromide and tetrahydrofuran were used in place of ammonium chloride and toluene, respectively, in the same weights as those of the latter, to obtain 50.6 g of the fraction of 2-(1-hydroxy-3-butenyl)-furan (content, 99.3%) (yield, 91.0%).

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