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...

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...

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...

usually synthesized by catalytic hydrogenation of furfural. OC4H3CHO + 4 H2 → OC4H7CH3 + H2O Furfural is produced by the acid-catalyzed digestion of pentosan...

solvents. Furfuryl alcohol is manufactured industrially by hydrogenation of furfural, which is itself typically produced from waste bio-mass such as corncobs...

defensive glands. The acid-catalysed degradation of hemicellulose gives furfural, a precursor to synthetic polymers and to tetrahydrofuran. Xylose is metabolised...

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...

intermediate, e.g. to 3,4-dihydropyran. It is prepared by hydrogenation of furfural. It is a precursor to 1,5-pentanediol. THFA is often used in epoxy resin...

monosaccharides by strong mineral acids. Pentoses are then dehydrated to furfural, while hexoses are dehydrated to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural. Either of these...