Download PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols as well as phenols and carbohydrates are efficiently transformed into the corresponding 2-tetrahydrofuranyl ethers by a combination of Mn(0) powder and CCl 4 in tetrahydrofuran. ... A wide variety of alcohols are efficiently transformed into ...