A convenient synthesis of 2-tetrahydrofuranyl ethers.
[reaction: see text] A wide spectrum of alcohols and phenols are readily transformed to the corresponding 2-tetrahydrofuranyl ethers in good to excellent yields using CrCl2 and CCl4 in THF under nearly neutral conditions at room temperature.
Baati
R
R
Université Louis Pasteur de Strasboug, Faculté de Pharmacie, Laboratoire de Synthèse Bio-Organique (UMR 7514), Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France.
Valleix
A
A
Mioskowski
C
C
Barma
D K
DK
Falck
J R
JR
D002384:Catalysis; D004987:Ethers / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D005663:Furans / Q000737:chemistry*
D004987:Ethers; D005663:Furans; C018674:tetrahydrofuran