FURAN


Meaning of FURAN in English

/fyoor"an, fyoo ran"/ , n.

a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C 4 H 4 O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis. Also called furfuran .

[ 1890-95; aph. form of FURFURAN ]

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