furan Chem.
(ˈfjʊəræn)
Also furane (-eɪn).
[Abbrev. of furfuran.]
a. A heterocyclic compound having a five-membered ring, (CH)4O, and isolated as a colourless liquid with an ethereal odour. b. Any compound derived from furan that contains a furan ring. Also attrib., as furan nucleus or ring, a ring of four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom; so furan-ringed adj.; furan resin, any of various resins that are polymers of a furan, esp. of furfuryl alcohol or furfural.
| 1894 G. McGowan tr Bernthsen's Text-bk. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) xv. 329 The furfurane derivatives are frequently termed ‘furane’ derivatives for shortness' sake. 1899 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXV. ii. 1201/2 (index) Furfuran (furan). 1907 Ibid. XCII. i. 146 (heading) Reduction of the furan nucleus. 1930 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LII. 1697 Glyco⁓sides which possess the furan ring are very readily hydrolyzed. Ibid., The furan-ringed methylglycosides. 1935 C. Ellis Chem. Synthetic Resins II. 1516/2 (index) Furan resins. 1951 R. S. Morrell in Morrell & Langton Synthetic Resins & Allied Plastics (ed. 3) xiii. 409 Furanes may be used in fungicides and fly-repellent preparations. 1953 Dunlop & Peters Furans i. 3 Furans substitute with greater ease than their benzene analogs. 1969 J. A. Brydson Plastics Materials (ed. 2) xxiv. 511 The furan resins have never achieved importance for mouldings or laminates but..have found value in anti-corrosion applications. |