(R)-TETRAHYDRO-2-FUROIC ACID

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION

CAS NO. 87392-05-0

(R)-(+)-TETRAHYDRO-2-FUROIC ACID

EINECS NO.  
FORMULA C5H8O3
MOL WT. 116.1

H.S. CODE

 
DERIVATION

 

SYNONYMS (R)-Tetrahydrofurane-2-carboxylic acid;
(R)-(+)-Tetrahydro-2-furoic acid;

TOXICITY

 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PHYSICAL STATE

Clear to pale yellow liquid

MELTING POINT  
BOILING POINT 244 - 250 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY

1.205 - 1.230

SOLUBILITY IN WATER  
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY

 

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 

REFRACTIVE INDEX

1.459

FLASH POINT

 

STABILITY

Stable under ordinary conditions. Moisture, light sensitive.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Chiral pyrrolidine derivatives, containing 5--membered heterocycle enantiomeric intermediates, have become more and more valuable in asymmetric synthesis for biological antitumor, anesthetic, antipasmodic, hepatotoxic, antiinflammatory or anti-HIV activities.
SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

Clear to pale yellow liquid

CHEMICAL PURITY

99.0% min

OPTICAL PUIRTY

99.0% min e.e.
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING
 
HAZARD CLASS Not regulated
UN NO.  
OTHER INFORMATION
Hazard Symbols: n/a, Risk Phrases: 36/37/38, Safety Phrases: 26-36
Optical Rotation: +3° ~ +5° (C=1 in MeOH)