Furan, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₆O
• Molecular weight: 82.1005
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H6O/c1-5-3-2-4-6-5/h2-4H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VQKFNUFAXTZWDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 534-22-5
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• Other names: α-Methylfuran; Silvan; Sylvan; 2-Methylfuran; 5-Methylfuran; Methylfuran; UN 2301; 2-Methylfurane
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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director

References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Scharf and Walters, 1978
Scharf, H.-D.; Walters, E., A New Synthesis Principle for Furane Derivatives II. Fragmentation and Recycling Condensation of 1,3-Dioxolane-4-ylium Ions, Chem. Ber., 1978, 111, 639. [all data]

Huang, Chung, et al., 1961
Huang, M.L.; Chung, T.-S.; Ku, T.-S.; Chow, W.-Z., Modified Wolff-Kishner Method, Hua Hseuh Hseuh Pao, 1961, 27, 1-9. [all data]

Levi and Nicholls, 1958
Levi, L.; Nicholls, R.V.V., Formation of Styrene by Pyrolysis of Aromatic Heterocyclic Aldehyde- Aliphatic Acid Anhydride Mixtures on Morden Bentonite, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1958, 50, 1005. [all data]

Bremner and Keeys, 1955
Bremner, J.G.M.; Keeys, R.K.F., The Hydrogenation of Furfuraldehyde to Furfuryl Alcohol and Sylvan (2-methylfuran), J. Chem. Soc., 1955, 1955, 1068. [all data]

Paul and Tchelitcheff, 1950
Paul, R.; Tchelitcheff, S., The Methylenyl-2-tetrahydrofuran. Application to the Preparation of beta-Ethylenic Alcohols. Synthesis of Sylvanne, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1950, 1950, 520. [all data]

Bremner and Keeys, 1947
Bremner, J.G.M.; Keeys, R.K.F., The hydrogenation of furfuraldehyde to furfuryl alcohol and sylvan (2- methylfuran), J. Chem. Soc., 1947, 1947, 1068. [all data]

Pryanishinkov and Genin, 1940
Pryanishinkov, A.A.; Genin, I.L., 2-methylfuran azeotropes, J. Applied CHem. (U.S.S.R.), 1940, 13, 140-1. [all data]

Paul, 1935
Paul, R., Oxidation-Reduction Phenomena Observed in the Dehydration of Alcohols to Furans, Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr., 1935, 2, 2220. [all data]

Notes

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