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The effect of the nature of the solvent on the direction and rate of oxidation of furfural by hydrogen peroxide was studied. The use of alcohol and dioxane as the solvents substantially increases the selectivity of the process and leads to the primary formation of furfural hydroxyperoxides (the α-hydroxyhydroperoxide in dioxane, and the α, α′-dihydroxyperoxide in alcohol). The polarity of the medium and specific solvation have a substantial effect on the rate of formation of the peroxides. The effect of specific solvation predominates.
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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 603–607, May, 1977.
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Badovskaya, L.A., Kalyugina, T.Y. & Kul'nevich, V.G. Role of the solvent in the oxidation of furfural with hydrogen peroxide. Chem Heterocycl Compd 13, 484–488 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00473189
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