Nomenclature
CAS number: 496-16-2
2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran; cumaran; dihydrocoumarone.
C
8H
8O; mol wt 120.15.
C 79.97%, H 6.71%, O 13.32%.
Description and references
Synthesis: Bennett, Mahmoud Hafez, J. Chem. Soc. 1941, 287; cf. Hurd, Hoffmann, J. Org. Chem. 5, 212 (1940); Rindfusz, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 41, 669 (1919); J. M. Bakke, H.
M. Roholdt, Acta Chem. Scand. B34, 73 (1980).
Properties
Oily liq, bp 188-189°, bp13 74-75°. d425 1.058, nD20 1.5426. Sol in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulfide.