Furan → 2,5-Dimethoxytetrahydrofuran

HRID 1581892Notes

Reaction equation

[O:1]1C=CC=[CH:2]1.[CH3:6][O:7][C:8]1[O:12][CH2:11][CH2:10][C:9]=1OC>>[CH3:2][O:1][CH:11]1[CH2:10][CH2:9][CH:8]([O:7][CH3:6])[O:12]1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 8029Furan2×

HCID 129652517HCID 129652517, compound

Product 1

HCID 790982,5-DimethoxytetrahydrofuranYield 0.9%

Procedure

After 1 F/mol of furan, the GC-percent by area of furan had been reduced from 22.7% to 17.8%, while the proportion of dimethoxydihydrofuran remained constant at 31 percent by area. At the same time, 0.9% of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran was formed.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-401c2e9542ca41be9a17de32ae53cfa5
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2004_05
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US06733652B1

Reaction notes

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