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5-Nitrofuran-2-carboxylic acid was obtained in quantitative yield by oxidation of 5-nitrofurfural with hydrogen peroxide and decomposition of the intermediate 5-nitrofurfural α-hydroxyhydroperoxide. The mechanism of the reaction is discussed.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1172–1173, September, 1975.
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Krapivin, G.D., Badovskaya, L.A. & Kul'nevich, V.G. Synthesis of 5-nitrofuran-2-carboxylic acid. Chem Heterocycl Compd 11, 1018–1019 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00471285
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00471285