4791. Hydrofuramide

Nomenclature

CAS number: 494-47-3
1-(2-Furanyl)-N,N′-bis(2-furanylmethylene)methanediamine; N,N′-difurfurylidene-2-furanmethanediamine; furfuramide.
C15H12N2O3; mol wt 268.27.
C 67.16%, H 4.51%, N 10.44%, O 17.89%.

Description and references

Prepn: Hartley, Dobbie, J. Chem. Soc. 73, 598 (1898); Taniyama, J. Chem. Soc. Jpn. Ind. Chem. Sect. 51, 33 (1948); Kapur et al., J. Sci. Ind. Res. 19B, 509 (1960); Kamal et al., Tetrahedron 19, 869 (1963). Structure: Soundararajan, Anantakrishnan, Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 38A, 176 (1953).

Chemical structure

Properties

Brownish crystals from abs alcohol, mp 117°. bp ≈250° with decompn. uv max: 259, 215 nm (log ε 4.18, 4.16). Practically insol in water; freely sol in alc, ether; readily dec by acids.

Use

Vulcanization accelerator.