furfurol

[ fur-fyer-uhl, -fer- ]

noun

1. (erroneously) furfural.

Word History and Origins

Origin of furfurol¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Furfurol in minute quantities can be detected by the red colour it forms with a solution of aniline acetate.

From Project Gutenberg

Impure beverages induce all the graver neurotic and visceral disorders in alcoholism; and, like fusel oil, furfurol and the essence of absinthe, are convulsent poisons.

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He studied the formation of aldehyde from 351 alcohol by various methods, also obtaining its crystalline compound with ammonia, and he was the discoverer of furfurol.

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He also obtained a gummy substance which, on hydrolysis, gave rise to a reducing sugar; and as it gave mucic acid and furfurol on oxidation, he concluded that it was a compound of pentose and galactose.

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By distilling coffee with hydrochloric acid Ewell obtained furfurol equivalent to 9 percent pentose.

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