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2-Methylfuran

| NFPA-F = 3 | NFPA-H = 2 | NFPA-R = 1

2-Methylfuran, also known with the older name of sylvane, is a flammable, water-insoluble liquid used as a FEMA GRAS flavoring substance,

Manufacture

2-Methylfuran is an article of commerce (chemical intermediate) and is normally manufactured by catalytic hydrogenolysis of furfural alcohol or via a hydrogenation-hydrogenolysis sequence from furfural in the vapor phase.

References

(6 Nov 2019). "Vapor Pressures, Densities, and PC-SAFT Parameters for 11 Bio-compounds". International Journal of Thermophysics.
NIST Chemistry WebBook. http://webbook.nist.gov
Jim Duke. "Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. [Online Database] 26 August 2008. 2-METHYL-FURAN".
L. W. Burnette, et al., "Production of 2-Methylfuran by Vapor Phase Hydrogenation of Furfural" Industrial and engineering Chemistry, V40, P502-505 (1948).

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