Furan → 2,5-Dimethoxytetrahydrofuran

HRID 1884314Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1884314 reaction equation
O1C=CC=C1.[CH3:6][O:7][CH:8]1[CH2:12][CH:11]=[C:10]([O:13][CH3:14])[O:9]1>>[CH3:6][O:7][CH:8]1[CH2:12][CH2:11][CH:10]([O:13][CH3:14])[O:9]1

Participants

3

Procedure

After 1 F/mol of furan, the proportion of furan in GC-percent by area had dropped from 22.7% to 16.9%, while the proportion of 2,5-dimethoxydihydrofuran in GC-percent by area remained constant at 30%. At the same time, 3.3% of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran were formed.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-90e2737cb31d42a3bdab3952c0a082d1
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_07
Patent number
US06764589B1

Reaction notes

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