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FURFURALDEHYDE [1 record]

Record 1 2010-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
Universal entry(ies)
C5H4O2
formula, see observation
C4H3OCHO
formula, see observation
98-01-1
CAS number
OBS

When pure, a colorless liquid aldehyde boiling at 162°C ... It is obtained by the digestion of corn cobs or oat hulls with dilute acid. ... Its unusual solvent properties make it useful in the refining of vegetable and lubricating oils and in extracting certain components, such as butadiene, from cracked refinery gases.

OBS

Industrially produced from agricultural wastes. A flavoring for beverages, ice cream, candy, syrups.

OBS

furfural: obsolete form; part of the Ingredient Disclosure List of the Hazardous Products Act (Registration SOR/88-64, December 31, 1987).

OBS

Chemical formula: C5H4O2 or C4H3OCHO

Key term(s)
  • artificial oil of ants

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C5H4O2
formula, see observation
C4H3OCHO
formula, see observation
98-01-1
CAS number
OBS

Composé organique qui comporte un groupement fonctionnel aldéhyde [...] C'est un liquide incolore, huileux, qui bout à 162 °C et dont l'odeur rappelle l'essence de cannelle et l'essence d'amandes amères.

CONT

[...] le furfural est obtenu industriellement à partir de la balle de riz, des rafles de maïs et d'autres déchets agricoles [...]. On l'emploie [...] comme solvant sélectif pour séparer les fractions saturées des fractions insaturées et aromatiques dans le raffinage des huiles minérales lubrifiantes.

OBS

Aromatisant de boissons, crèmes glacées, bonbons, sirops.

OBS

furfurol : Cette variante (avec le suffixe -ol des alcools) est impropre.

OBS

furfural : forme vieillie; fait partie de la Liste de divulgation des ingrédients de la Loi sur les produits dangereux (du Canada; enr. DORS s/88-64, 31 déc. 1987).

OBS

Formule chimique : C5H4O2 ou C4H3OCHO

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C5H4O2
formula, see observation
C4H3OCHO
formula, see observation
98-01-1
CAS number
OBS

Líquido incoloro, soluble en alcohol, éter y benceno. Combustible. Muy tóxico. Irritante.

OBS

Fórmula química: C5H4O2 o C4H3OCHO

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