Tetrahydrofuran

• Formula: C₄H₈O
• Molecular weight: 72.1057
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H8O/c1-2-4-5-3-1/h1-4H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WYURNTSHIVDZCO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 109-99-9
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• Other names: Furan, tetrahydro-; Butane α,δ-oxide; Butane, 1,4-epoxy-; Cyclotetramethylene oxide; Furanidine; Oxacyclopentane; Oxolane; Tetramethylene oxide; THF; Hydrofuran; Tetrahydrofuraan; Tetrahydrofuranne; Tetraidrofurano; NCI-C60560; Rcra waste number U213; UN 2056; Diethylene oxide; Dynasolve 150; Tetrahydrofurane; THF (tetrahydrofuran); NSC 57858
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References

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Lebedev and Lityagov, 1977
Lebedev, B.V.; Lityagov, V.Ya., Calorimetric study of tetrahydrofuran and its polymerization in the temperature range 0-400°K, Vysokomol. Soedin., 1977, A19, 2283-2290. [all data]

Wisniak, Fishman, et al., 1998
Wisniak, J.; Fishman, E.; Shaulitch, R., Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibria in the Systems 2-Butanone + Heptane and 3-Butanone + Oxolane, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1998, 43, 537-40. [all data]

Krishnaiah and Surendranath, 1996
Krishnaiah, A.; Surendranath, K.N., Densities, Speeds of Sound, and Viscosities of Mixtures of Oxolane with Chloroethanes and Chloroethenes, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1996, 41, 1012-1014. [all data]

Vasil'eva, Naumova, et al., 1990
Vasil'eva, I.I.; Naumova, A.A.; Polyakov, A.A.; Tyvina, T.N.; Kozlova, N.V., Vapor pressure and molar volume of liquid tetrahydrofuran, γ- butyrolactone, and dibutyl maleinate at elevated temperatures and pressures, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1990, 63, 1879-81. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Sada, Morisue, et al., 1975
Sada, E.; Morisue, T.; Miyahara, K., Salt Effects on Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Tetrahydrofuran-Water System, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1975, 20, 283-7. [all data]

Bissell and Finger, 1959
Bissell, E.R.; Finger, M., J. Org. Chem., 1959, 24, 1259. [all data]

Holland and Smyth, 1955
Holland, R.S.; Smyth, C.P., Microwave Adsorption and Molecular Structure in Liquids X. The Relaxation Times of Nine Heterocyclic Molecules, J. Phys. Chem., 1955, 59, 1088. [all data]

Chu and Yu, 1954
Chu, T.L.; Yu, S.C., The Magnetic Susceptibilities of SOme Aromatic Hydrocarbon Anions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1954, 76, 3367. [all data]

Katuno, 1948
Katuno, M., Synthesis of Adiponitril from Tetrahydrofurane, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1948, 21, 65. [all data]

Boord, Greenlee, et al., 1946
Boord, C.E.; Greenlee, K.W.; Perilstein, W.L., The Synthesis, Purification and Prop. of Hydrocarbons of Low Mol. Weight, Am. Pet. Inst. Res. Proj. 45, Eighth Annu. Rep., Ohio State Univ., June 30, 1946. [all data]

Dolliver, Gresham, et al., 1938
Dolliver, M.A.; Gresham, T.L.; Kistiakowsky, G.B.; Smith, E.A.; Vaughan, W.E., Heats of Organic Reactions VI. Heats of Hydrogenation of Some Oxygen- Containing Compounds, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1938, 60, 440. [all data]

Hurd and Isenhour, 1932
Hurd, C.D.; Isenhour, L.L., Pentose Reactions I. Furfural Formation, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1932, 54, 317. [all data]

Hamonet, 1918
Hamonet, J., Synthesis of 1,4,7-heptanetriol, A True Homolog of Ordinary Glycerine and of Some Derivatives of Propyltetrahydrofuran, Ann. Chim. Phys., 1918, [9] 10, 28. [all data]

Dem'yanov, 1892
Dem'yanov, N., Zh. Russ. Fiz.-Khim. O-va., 1892, 24, 346. [all data]

Dekkers, 1890
Dekkers, P.J., The Tetramethylene Glycols, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1890, 9, 92. [all data]

Notes

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