Description
2-Furancarboxaldehyde is present in coffee, calamus, matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake), pumpkin, malt, peated malt, Bourbon vanilla, Lamb’s lettuce, pimento leaf and various fruits, e. g. apple, apricot, sweet cherry, morello cherry, orange, grapefruit, Chinese quince and a common consit of essential oils. Furfural is an organic compound derived from a variety of agricultural byproducts, including corncobs, oat, wheat bran, and sawdust. Furfural is a colorless or reddish-brown mobile liquids with a penetrating odor. Flash points 140°F. Denser than water and soluble in water. Vapors heavier than air. May be toxic by ingestion, skin absorption or inhalation.
- Formula
- C5H4O2
- Molar mass
- 96.085 g/mol
- CAS Number
- 98-01-1
- Density
- 1.16 g/mL (20 °C)
- Purity/Grade
- 99%
- Apearance
- Liquid
- Melting point
- -37 °C (-35 °F; 236 K)
- Boiling point
- 162 °C (324 °F; 435 K)
- Solubility in water
- 83 g/L
- Refractive index (nD)
- 1.5261 at 20°C/D
- Flash point
- 61.7 °C (143.1 °F) – closed cup
- Vapour pressure
- 18.0 hPa (13.5 mmHg) at 55 °C (131 °F); 2.3 hPa (1.7 mmHg) at 20 °C (68 °F)
- Vapour density
- 3.32 – (Air = 1.0)
- Upper/lower flammability or explosive limits
- Upper explosion limit: 19.3%(V); Lower explosion limit: 2.1%(V)
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