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The relative stability of 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran and the tautomeric 4-hydroxybutanal was determined by the semi-empirical AM1 method. It was concluded that the cyclic tautomer predominates in the gas phase at 25°C. Vapor-phase dehydration of 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran in the presence of porcelain and silica gel L leads to a quantitative yield of 2,3-dihydrofuran.
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Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, Riga, Latvia; e-mail: manton@osi.lv. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, pp. 885–889, July, 2000.
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Lebedev, A., Leite, L., Fleisher, M. et al. Tautomerism and vapor-phase transformations of 2-hydroxytetrahydrofuran. Chem Heterocycl Compd 36, 775–778 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02256908
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