Hydroxy Furans. II. Beta Hydroxy Diphenylfuran

EP Kohler, DW Woodward

Index: Kohler, Woodward Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1936 , vol. 58, p. 1933,1935

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Abstract

In accordance with the plan set forth in the first paper of this series' we have studied the properties of a P-hydroxy furan which has one phenyl group less than the one employed in the earlier work. Solutions of the new hydroxy compound were obtained by hydrolyzing the corresponding acetate2 in the manner that was found to be best in the case of the triphenyl compound. The hydroxyl compound itself could not be isolated because it ketonizes ...