Effects of water and alcohols on the polymerization of furan during its acid-catalyzed conversion into benzofuran

Xun Hu, Shengjuan Jiang, Sri Kadarwati, Dehua Dong, Chun-Zhu Li
2016 RSC Advances  
Furan has distinct reaction pathways during acid treatment in methanol, water and dimethyl sulfoxide.
doi:10.1039/c6ra04745a fatcat:rnpne7g3izhj7pfir7dl246lru