Furfuryl alcohol

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Name = Furfuryl alcohol
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IUPACName = 2-furanmethanol
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CASNo = 98-00-0
SMILES = OCC1=CC=CO1
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Formula = C₅H₆O_{2
MolarMass = 98.10 g/mol
Density = 1.130 g/cm³
MeltingPt = -29 °C
BoilingPt = 170 °C}
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ExternalMSDS = [http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/FU/furfuryl_alcohol.html External MSDS]
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NFPA-H = 3
NFPA-F = 2
NFPA-R = 1
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Furfuryl alcohol, also called 2-furylmethanol or 2-furancarbinol, is an organic compound containing a furan substitited with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a clear amber liquid with a faint burning odor and a bitter taste. It is miscible with, but unstable in, water. It is soluble in common organic solvents. Upon treatment with acids, it forms a resin.

Furfuryl alcohol is manufactured industrially by the catalytic reduction of furfural which is obtained from corncobs and sugar cane bagasse. It finds use as a solvent, but is primarily used as an ingredient in the manufacture of various chemical products such as foundry resins, adhesives, and wetting agents.

Furfuryl alcohol has been used in rocketry as a fuel which ignites hypergolically (immediately and energetically in contact) with white fuming nitric acid or red fuming nitric acid oxidizer. This avoids needing separate igniters. Furfuryl alcohol is probably a BK channel agonist.

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* [http://www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/summary.tcl?edf_substance_id=98-00-0 Health hazards]
*Literature: [http://www.ift.co.za/team/Team-Zeitsch.htm K.J. Zeitsch,The Chemistry and Technology of Furfural and its Many By-Products, Elsevier, 2000]