Chemical Properties
Colorless liquid. Boiling point 197.3-197.8℃, 93-94℃ (2.67kPa), relative density 1.0540 (20/4℃), refractive index 1.5495, flash point 67℃. Soluble in ethanol, ether, insoluble in water.
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).