Abstract
Furan aldehydes undergo an oxidative-reductive disproportionation over solid alkali in a solvent inert to alkali. Molecular oxygen increases the yield of the furan carboxylic acid. A reaction scheme is proposed that takes into account the important role of alcoholates of gem-polyols.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 741–744, June, 1990.
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Shapiro, Y.M., Smolyakov, V.P. & Kul'nevich, V.G. Reactions of aldehydes of the furan series. 3. Oxidative-reductive conversions on the surface of alkali granules. Chem Heterocycl Compd 26, 617–620 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756409
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