furfuran Chem.
(ˈfɜːfjʊəræn)
Also -ane.
[a. G. furfuran (A. Baeyer 1877, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. X. 1361), f. furfurol + -an, -ane.]
= furan.
| 1877 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. ii. 745 The author [sc. A. Baeyer] proposes for the group C4H4O (Limpricht's Tetraphenol) the name ‘furfuran’. 1895 Bloxam's Chem. (ed. 8) 744 Furfurane, C4H4O, is found in the first runnings of the distillation of wood-tar. 1899 [see furan]. 1923 C. Ellis Synthetic Resins & Plastics xi. 202 The cyclic compound, furfurane, may be looked upon as a member of the ethylene oxide series. 1958 Packer & Vaughan Org. Chem. XXVII. 937 Furan (furane, furfuran) is a colourless liquid. |