2-(ETHOXYMETHYL)FURAN Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

194.28°C (rough estimate)

Density 

0.9906

refractive index 

1.4523

FEMA 

4114 | ETHYL FURFURYL ETHER

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform, Ethyl Acetate (Slightly)

form 

liquid

color 

Pale yellow

Odor

at 100.00 %. sweet spicy

Odor Type

spicy

JECFA Number

1521

LogP

1.6

Safety Information

HS Code 

2932190090

2-(ETHOXYMETHYL)FURAN Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Colorless liquid; sweet, spicy aroma.

Synthesis

An ethanol solution of 2-furanmethanol at a concentration of 15% by weight was prepared by dissolving 15 g of 2-furanmethanol in 85 g of ethanol in a 200 mL reactor. Subsequently, 15 g of tin dioxide (SnO2) was added to the solution as a catalyst. The reaction mixture was stirred continuously at 150 °C for 20 h to complete the reaction. In order to compare the yields of the products under different reaction conditions, another set of experiments was set up with the same conditions as described above except that the reaction temperature was increased to 200°C. The final yield of 2-(ethoxymethyl)furan was obtained as 95%.

References

[1] Patent: CN106397373, 2017, A. Location in patent: Paragraph 0034-0035; 0042-0043
[2] ChemCatChem, 2016, vol. 8, # 12, p. 2037 - 2048

2-(ETHOXYMETHYL)FURAN(6270-56-0)Related Product Information

• 2-FURANCARBOXYLIC ACID ISOAMYL ESTER
• ALLYL 2-FUROATE
• 5-ACETOXYMETHYL-2-FURALDEHYDE
• Furfuryl pentanoate
• 2-Furaldehyde diethyl acetal
• Furfuryl acetate
• Furfuryl glycidyl ether
• FEMA 3346
• ETHYL 2-FUROATE
• 5-Nitro-2-furaldehyde diacetate
• ETHYL 7-METHOXYBENZOFURAN-2-CARBOXYLATE
• FEMA 2865
• FEMA 2571
• 5-METHOXYBENZOFURAN-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID, ETHYL ESTER
• isopropyl 2-furoate
• FURFURYL METHACRYLATE
• FEMA 2072
• 2-FURANCARBOXYLIC ACID N-PROPYL ESTER