furfuraln.
/ˈfəːfjʊəral/ Chemistry.
An aldehyde of furan, C4H3O·CHO, a colourless liquid which darkens in air and which is used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of furan derivatives and synthetic resins; 2-furaldehyde; = furfurol n.
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furfural1879
furaldehyde1916
1879 H. Watts Dict. Chem. (ed. 2) VIII. i. 832 Furfural or furfurol, C5H4O2. Pyromucic aldehyde.
1895 J. M. Thomson & A. G. Bloxam Bloxam's Chem. (ed. 8) 568 Pyromucic aldehyde, or furfural,..is the aldehyde of furfurane.
1901 Daily Chron. 11 May 2/2 In the case of whisky the chief cause of mischief is furfural, from which old matured whisky is free.
1960 Times Rev. Industry May 82/3 By the hydrolysis of the waste products [from the manufacture of cellulose] furfural—an important raw material for the oil processing industries and an intermediate in the manufacture of nylon—may be obtained.
1969 J. A. Brydson Plastics Materials (ed. 2) xxiv. 511 Furfural occurs in the free state in many plants but is obtained commercially by degradation of hemi-cellulose consituents present in these plants.
Compounds
furfural resin n. = furan resin n. at furan n. Compounds.
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furan resin1935
furfural resin1939
1939 H. R. Simonds Industr. Plastics (1940) iii. 74 The furfural resins are dark in color and therefore are used only with great difficulty for producing light colored plastics.
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