Furan → 2,5-Dimethoxytetrahydrofuran

HRID 1884312Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1884312 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

3

Procedure

After 1 F/mol of furan, the proportion of furan in GC-percent by area had dropped from 22.9% to 18.8%, while the proportion of dimethoxydihydrofuran had increased from 32.2% to 34.5%. At the same time, 1.4% of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran were formed.

Workup

  1. temperaturehad increased from 32.2% to 34.5%

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f5ea0c2035f14baa9f9e8b90ebb236e3
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_07
Patent number
US06764589B1

Reaction notes

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