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2-Methylfuran

Catalog No. B23692 Name Alfa Aesar
CAS Number 534-22-5 Website
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Purity 98+%, stab. Email
Storage Chembase ID: 110042

SYNONYMS

Title
2-甲基呋喃
IUPAC name
2-methylfuran
IUPAC Traditional name
silvan
Synonyms
Silvan

DATABASE IDS

MDL Number MFCD00003248
EC Number 208-594-5
Beilstein Number 103733
CAS Number 534-22-5

PROPERTIES

Purity 98+%, stab.
Boiling Point 63-65°C
Density 0.910
Flash Point -30°C(-22°F)
Melting Point -89°C
Refractive Index 1.4330
GHS Pictograms GHS02
GHS Pictograms GHS06
GHS Pictograms GHS08
GHS Hazard statements H225-H300-H330-H319-H341
European Hazard Symbols Toxic Toxic (T)
European Hazard Symbols Flammable Flammable (F)
GHS Precautionary statements P210-P301+P310-P303+P361+P353-P304+P340-P305+P351+P338-P320-P330-P405-P501A
Risk Statements 11-23/25-36-68
RTECS LU2625000
Safety Statements 4-9-16-20-23-26-33-36/37/39-45
TSCA Listed
Hazard Class 3
UN Number UN2301
Packing Group II

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REFERENCES

  • Has been used as a 5-carbon synthon in an enantioselective synthesis of pentitols by 5-lithiation followed by condensation with a chiral aldehyde. Subsequent opening of the furan ring was accomplished with bromine in acetonitrile: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 109, 3981 (1987).