Under certain conditions, mixing furan with maleic anhydride in diethyl ether yields a crystalline solid with a melting point of 114°C. When melting of this compound takes place; however, one can notice that the melt evolves a gas. If the melt is allowed to solidify, one finds that it no longer melts at 114°C but instead melts at 56°C. Provide an explanation for what is taking place.

Under certain conditions, mixing furan with maleic anhydride in diethyl ether yields a crystalline solid with a melting point of 114°C. When melting of this compound takes place; however, one can notice that the melt evolves a gas. If the melt is allowed to solidify, one finds that it no longer melts at 114°C but instead melts at 56°C. Provide an explanation for what is taking place.

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Chapter6: Reactions Of Alkenes

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Problem 6.38P: Reaction of -pinene with borane followed by treatment of the resulting trialkylborane with alkaline...

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