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NON Furoxane. such as furfuracrolein, C4H3O•CH:CH•CHO, and furfuracetone, C4H3O•CH:CH•CO•See also:

CH3. With alcoholic See also:

POTASSIUM [symbol K (from kalium), atomic weight 39.114 0=16)]

potassium See also:

CYANIDE

cyanide it changes to furoin, C4H3O.CHOH•CO•C4H3O, which can be oxidized to furil, C4H3O•CO•CO•C4H30, whilst alcoholic potash converts it into furfuryl See also:

ALCOHOL

alcohol. With fatty acids and See also:

ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid anhydrides it gives the " See also:

PERKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1838-1907)

Perkin " reaction (see CINNAMIC ACID). Furfurol is shown to have its aldehydic See also:

GROUP

group in the a position, by See also:

CONVERSION (Lat. conversio, from convertere, to turn or ,change)

conversion into furfurpropionic acid, C4H3O•See also:

CH2•CH2•See also:

CO2H

CO2H, which on oxidation by See also:

BROMINE (symbol Br, atomic weight 79-96)

bromine See also:

WATER

water and subsequent reduction of the oxidized product is converted into n-pimelic acid, HO2C(CH2)5CO2H. Furfurol in See also:

minute quantities can be detected by the red See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour it forms with a See also:

SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of See also:

ANILINE, PHENYLADIINE, or AMINOBENZENE, (C6H5NH2)

aniline acetate. See also:

FURFURANE, (3r FURANE, C4H40, a colourless liquid boiling at 32° C., found in the distillation products of pine wood. It was first synthetically prepared by H. Limpricht (Ann., 1873, 165, p. 281)

Furfurane- aa'- dicarboxylic acid or dehydromucic acid, C4H20(CO2H)2, is formed when mucic acid is heated with hydrochloric acid at too° C. On being heated, it loses See also:

CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon dioxide and gives pyromucic acid. By digesting acetoacetic ester with See also:

SODIUM [symbol Na, from Lat. natrium; atomic weight 23.00 (0=16)]

sodium succinate and acetic anhydride, methronic acid, C8H805, is obtained; for the constitution of this acid, see L. Knorr, Ber., 1889, 22, p. 152, and R. See also:

FITTIG, RUDOLF (1835– )

Fittig, See also:

Ann., 1889, 250, p.

166. Di- and tetrahydrofurfurane compounds are also known (see A. Lipp, Ber., 1889, 22, p. 1196; W. H. Perkin, junr. Journ. Chem. See also:

Soc., 1890, 57, p. 944; and S. Ruhemann, ibid., 1896, 69, p. 1383).

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