Furfural

• Formula: C₅H₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 96.0841
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H4O2/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-4H Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HYBBIBNJHNGZAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 98-01-1
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 2-Furancarbaldehyde
• Other names: 2-Furancarboxaldehyde; 2-Furaldehyde; α-Furole; Artificial ant oil; Fural; Furaldehyde; Furale; Furancarbonal; Furfuraldehyde; Furfurole; Furfurylaldehyde; Furole; Pyromucic aldehyde; 2-Formylfuran; 2-Furanaldehyde; 2-Furancarbonal; 2-Furfural; 2-Furfuraldehyde; 2-Furylaldehyde; Furol; 2-Furylmethanal; Artificial oil of ants; Furfurale; Furfurol; NCI-C56177; 2-Furil-metanale; 2-Furankarbaldehyd; Rcra waste number U125; 2-Furylcarboxaldehyde; Qo furfural; Furan-2-aldehyde; Furan-2-carbaldehyde; NSC 8841; 2-furancarboxyaldehyde; furfural (2-furancarboxaldehyde); 2-Furancarboxaldehyde (furfural); furancarboxaldehyde (furfural)
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References

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  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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