The tetrahydrofuran ring is widely found as a substructure in natural products; a recent review listed in excess of 30 such marine natural products, some of which display interesting antimicrobial, ...
The cleavage of ethers is commonly encountered in organometallic chemistry, although rarely studied in the context of new, emerging bimetallic reagents. Recently, it was reported that a bimetallic ...
Borane–tetrahydrofuran (BH 3 –THF) is a charge-transfer complex that is a useful surrogate for diborane 1 in organic synthesis. It can be used to reduce carboxylic acids to alcohols or nitriles to ...
Tetrahydrofuran, Abk. THF, Oxolan, eine farblose, wasserklare, etherähnlich riechende, leicht brennbare Flüssigkeit; F. -108,5 °C, Kp. 66 °C, n D 20 1,4070. T ...