• CASNumber109-99-9

• EmpiricalFormula(HillNotation)C₄H₈O

• MolecularWeight72.11

•  BeilsteinRegistryNumber102391

•  ECNumber203-726-8

•  MDLnumberMFCD00005356

•  PubChemSubstanceID329769580

Properties:

Description:

AnalysisNote

miscIBLewithwaterandethanol(96%)pass

OtherNotes

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Application

Tetrahydrofuranhasbeenusedasasolventforthepreparationofsol-gelsolutionforcoatingsolidphasemicroextraction(SPME)fibersinastudy.

Itmaybeusedforthedissolutionofpoly-ε-caprolactone(PCL)and1,3-diaminopentane,duringthepreparationofpoly-ε-caprolactone(PCL)-hydroxyapatite(HA)scaffoldsandacrylate-terminatedpoly(5-amino-1-pentanol-co-1,4-butanedioldiacrylate)(C32)-1,3-diaminopentane(117)polymer,respectively.

Generaldescription

Theproductistetrahydrofuran(THF)anditcontains250ppmBHT(Butylatedhydroxytoluene)asaninhibitor.THFiswidelyemployedasasolvent.Itconstitutesthekeyfragmentofvariousnaturalproducts(polyetherantibiotics).THFformsdoublehydratewithhydrogensulfide.Crystalstructureofthisdoublehydratehasbeeninvestigatedbythree-dimensionalsingle-crystalstudies.Butane-1,4-diolisformedasanintermediateduringthesynthesisofTHF.HotTHFisusefulforthedissolutionofpolyvinylidenechloride(PVDV).

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Symbol 

  GHS02,GHS07,GHS08