2559. Coumaran

Nomenclature

CAS number: 496-16-2
2,3-Dihydrobenzofuran; cumaran; dihydrocoumarone.
C8H8O; 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).

Chemical structure

Properties

Oily liq, bp 188-189°, bp13 74-75°. d425 1.058, nD20 1.5426. Sol in alcohol, ether, chloroform, carbon disulfide.