Uses
2-Methylbenzofuran can be used as a reactant to synthesize enol derivatives via catalytic oxidation by hydrogen peroxide.
Definition
2-Methylcumarone is a member of benzofurans.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 73, p. 4400, 1951
DOI: 10.1021/ja01153a106Tetrahedron Letters, 14, p. 739, 1973
General Description
2-Methylbenzofuran has been quantitated in water sample by the headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).