a colorless, liquid heterocyclic compound, CHO, prepared from wood tar or furfural, and used in organic synthesis
Origin of furan
contr. from furfuranfuran
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furan
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- A colorless, volatile, heterocyclic organic compound, C4H4O, obtained from wood oils and used primarily in organic synthesis. Also called furfuran .
- Any of various derivatives of this compound.
Origin of furan
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- Any of a group of colorless, volatile, organic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. Furans are obtained from wood oils and used in the synthesis of many organic compounds.
- The simplest such compound, consisting of a furan ring with two double bonds and attached to four hydrogen atoms. Chemical formula: C4H4O.
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