This is the more basic of the two compounds which is combined with pentane to form the Trapp mixture.
This is the more basic of the two compounds which is combined with pentane to form the Trapp mixture. This compound is a commonly used eluent in room temperature gel permeation chromatography. Acid-catalyzed polymerization of this compound is used to prepare PTMEG, which is used to make Spandex. It can be produced by the catalytic hydrogenation of maleic anhydride which has been produced by oxidizing n-butane. Phosphoric acid is used in the dehydration of 1,4-butanediol to synthesize this compound. Like diethyl ether, this compound can be used in hydroboration reactions as a solvent because it complexes with boranes. It is also used as a solvent in organolithium and Grignard reactions. For 10 points, name this water-miscible compound with chemical formula (CH2)4O, a common lab solvent consisting of a cyclopentane ring with one carbon atom substituted for an oxygen atom.
This is the more basic of the two compounds which is combined with pentane to form the Trapp mixture.
tetrahydrofuran [or THF]