Catalytic reactions of furan compounds (review)

The literature data on the catalytic synthesis and transformations of furan compounds are correlated. The compositions of the most frequently used catalysts are presented, and the prospects for the more extensive incorporation of metal-complex and interphase catalysis in processes involving the transformation of furan compounds are examined.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1174–1187, September, 1993.