furan

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The other chemicals are 3-MCPD, furan, and ethyl carbamate.

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  1. noun One of a group of colorless, volatile, heterocyclic organic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, obtained from wood oils and used in the synthesis of furfural and other organic compounds.
  2. noun The simplest such compound, C4H4O. Also called furfuran.

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  • To redress this situation, the recently synthesised diamidine, 2,5-bis (4-amidinophenyl) - furan (DB75, furamidine) and its methamidoxime prodrug, —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The other chemicals are 3-MCPD, furan, and ethyl carbamate. —  FoodNavigator RSS
  • The highest levels of furan were found in coffee, with a mean of 3232 μg / kg. —  FoodNavigator RSS
  • However the FSA said that furan is highly volatile, so a considerable amount would be lost on processing. —  FoodNavigator RSS
  • They extracted the products of the reaction by dissolving them in an organic solvent, and found that most of the cellulose is transformed into three compounds related to furan, whose molecules have rings of four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. —  Latest Articles
 

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