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Furfural is an
organic compound with the
formula C4H3OCHO. It is a
colorless liquid,
although commercial samples are
often brown. It has an
aldehyde group...
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Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), also
known as 5-(hydroxymethyl)
furfural, is an
organic compound formed by the
dehydration of
reducing sugars. It is a white...
- The
rapid furfural test is a
chemical test used to
distinguish between glucose and fructose. The
rapid furfural test is
similar to Molisch's test but...
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monosaccharides by
strong mineral acids.
Pentoses are then
dehydrated to
furfural,
while hexoses are
dehydrated to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
Either of these...
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usually synthesized by
catalytic hydrogenation of
furfural. OC4H3CHO + 4 H2 → OC4H7CH3 + H2O
Furfural is
produced by the acid-catalyzed
digestion of pentosan...
- chemicals. The name "furan"
comes from the
Latin furfur,
which means bran (
furfural is
produced from bran). The
first furan derivative to be
described was...
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defensive glands. The acid-catalysed
degradation of
hemicellulose gives furfural, a
precursor to
synthetic polymers and to tetrahydrofuran.
Xylose is metabolised...
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known synthesis of a
furan compound, the
second being furfural in 1821.
Despite this, it was
furfural which came to set
naming conventions for
later furans...
- alcohols), acetone, acetaldehyde, esters, tannins, and
aldehydes (e.g.
furfural).
Congeners are
responsible for most of the
taste and
aroma of distilled...
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polysaccharide and
oligosaccharide ketoses yields simpler sugars followed by
furfural. The
dehydrated ketose then
reacts with two
equivalents of
resorcinol in...
