NOUN
- a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent
How To Use furfural In A Sentence
- The once-through yield of furfuryl alcohol is greater than 90%, and the outlet mixture contains no any unreacted furfural.
- Lastly, this is the simplest transition yet disclosed from the succinyl to furfural grouping, being effected by a regulated proportion of oxygen, and under conditions of reaction which may be described as of the mildest. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- After this period of time, further treating did not increase the amount of furfuraldehyde produced. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
- Glucose loses two water molecules and rearranges to form hydroxymethyl furfural, which polymerizes into brown pigments that add flavor and color to the candy.
- Furfural from cellulose, oxycellulose, and hydrocellulose, 70; derivative from lævulose, 8; estimation as hydrazone and phloroglucide, 119, 121; oxidation of, 114, 118 (_refer also_ 'Pentosanes') Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- In recent years it has been shown that reductones, furfurals and other related substances formed in heated milk are sugar fission products 1,2.
- The neutral or very faintly alkaline solution was then distilled almost to dryness, when practically the whole of the furfuraldehyde comes over. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891
- However, such conditions also result in the formation of furfurals from glucose and xylose.
- From these and some other substances, the following percentage yields of furfuraldehyde were obtained: Hydrocellulose, 0.854; oxycellulose, 2.113; reduced cellulose, Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900
- Although furfuraldehyde is the natural decomposition product of pentosans, furfuryl alcohol is the main furane body of coffee aroma. All About Coffee