furfurol
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of furfurol
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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But Foerster6 objects to this method because he finds the color to be due to the presence of furfurol, and that pure amyl alcohol gives no color with aniline and hydrochloric acid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
This oil yields a characteristic red colour when it, or any mixture containing it, is shaken with an hydrochloric solution of either sugar or furfurol, and is intended to serve as an ``ear-marking'' substance.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Other products developed during combustion are carbon monoxid gas, a minute amount of prussic acid and in some varieties a considerable amount of furfurol, a poison.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
By distilling coffee with hydrochloric acid Ewell obtained furfurol equivalent to 9 percent pentose.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
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