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Homologation of furfural and derivatives to furylacetaldehydes
Brochet,Syssa,Mouloungui,Delmas,Gaset
, p. 1735 - 1741 (2007/10/02)
The homologation of furfural 1a and methyl 3-(5-formyl-2-furyl) propenoate 1b or ethyl 3-(5-formyl-2-furyl) propenoate 1c to the corresponding furylacetaldehydes was carried out in two stages: i) preparation of the furan epoxides from 1a, 1b, 1c. ii) cleavage and rearrangement of the epoxides on sepiolite. Sepiolite is a convenient catalyst for this last stage involving substrates as labile as the furan epoxides.
