furfurol
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of furfurol
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Furfurol in minute quantities can be detected by the red colour it forms with a solution of aniline acetate.
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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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By distilling coffee with hydrochloric acid Ewell obtained furfurol equivalent to 9 percent pentose.
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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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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.
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