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فورفورال

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Also known as Fural, 2-Furancarboxaldehyde, Furfuraldehyde, 2-Furfuraldehyde, 2-furaldehyde, Furaldehyde, 2-Furanaldehyde, 2-Furylcarboxaldehyde

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 attached to the 2-position of furan. It is a product of the dehydration of sugars, as occurs in a variety of agricultural byproducts, including corncobs, oat, wheat bran, and sawdust. The name furfural comes from the Latin word , meaning bran, referring to its usual source. Furfural is derived only from dried biomass. In addition to ethanol, acetic acid, and sugar, furfural is one of the oldest known organic chemicals available readily purif

Chemical data

Formula
C5H4O2
Molecular weight
96.08 g/mol
IUPAC name
furan-2-carbaldehyde
SMILES
C1=COC(=C1)C=O
InChIKey
HYBBIBNJHNGZAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP
0.4
Polar surface area
30.2 Ų
H-bond donors
0
H-bond acceptors
2
Formal charge
0

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Molecule type
Small molecule

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
aldehydes
Has part
carbon
Mass
96.021
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Commons category
Furfural
immediately dangerous to life or health
393
NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
0297
chemical formula
C₅H₄O₂
density
1.16
melting point
-36.5
boiling point
161.75
vapor pressure
2
flash point
140
solubility
8
lower flammable limit
2.1
upper flammable limit
19.3
ionization energy
9.21
time-weighted average exposure limit
20
canonical SMILES
C1=COC(=C1)C=O
topic's main category
Category:Furfurals
subject has role
metabolite
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