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(R)-Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

≥98.0% (sum of enantiomers, GC)

Synonym(s):

(R)-Tetrahydrofuran-2-methanol

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H10O2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
102.13
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
79846
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

assay

≥98.0% (sum of enantiomers, GC)

form

liquid

optical purity

enantiomeric ratio: ≥97:3% (GC)

bp

178 °C (lit.)

density

1.054 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

functional group

ether
hydroxyl

SMILES string

OC[C@H]1CCCO1

InChI

1S/C5H10O2/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h5-6H,1-4H2/t5-/m1/s1

InChI key

BSYVTEYKTMYBMK-RXMQYKEDSA-N

Application

(R)-Tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol can be used:
  • To prepare (R)-tetrahydrofurfuryl aldehyde, which is employed as a building block to synthesize a fragment of pectenotoxin-4.
  • As a starting material to synthesize naftidrofuryl isomers, used as potent 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor antagonists.
  • As a building block for the preparation of (S)-2-tetrahydrofuran methyl ether 6-fluorophenyl ether analog, as an IGF-1R inhibitor.

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Warning

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter


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Practical access to four stereoisomers of naftidrofuryl and their binding affinity towards 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor
Hao J, et al.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 22(10), 3441-3444 (2012)
Rhodium-catalysed vinyl 1, 4-conjugate addition coupled with Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation in the synthesis of the CDE ring fragment of pectenotoxin-4
Richardson MSW, et al.
Chemical Science, 10(25), 6336-6340 (2019)
Optimisation of a 5-[3-phenyl-(2-cyclic-ether)-methyl-ether]-4-aminopyrrolopyrimidine series of IGF-1R inhibitors
Fairhurst RA, et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 26(8), 2057-2064 (2016)
[Acute poisoning with tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol combined with methanol].
B F Murashov et al.
Voenno-meditsinskii zhurnal, (10)(10), 32-34 (1983-10-01)
T Schräder et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 183(24), 7408-7411 (2001-11-22)
Different aldehyde dehydrogenases (AlDHs) were formed during growth of Ralstonia eutropha Bo on tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA). One of these enzymes, AlDH 4, was purified and characterized as a homodimer containing no prosthetic groups, showing a strong substrate inhibition, and having

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