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Furans

Known as: Furans [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Compounds with a 5-membered ring of four carbons and an oxygen. They are aromatic heterocycles. The reduced form is tetrahydrofuran.
National Institutes of Health

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2-acetylfuran2-me-tetrahydrofuran4-benzyloxymethyldihydrofuran-2-one5-(tetradecyloxy)-2-furancarboxylic acid

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Progress of Polymers from Renewable Resources: Furans, Vegetable Oils, and Polysaccharides.
Oils, and Polysaccharides Alessandro Gandini,*,†,‡ Talita M. Lacerda,†,‡ Antonio J. F. Carvalho,‡ and Eliane Trovatti†,‡ †Sa… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Aerobic copper-catalyzed organic reactions.
The chemistry of copper is extremely rich because it can easily access Cu0, CuI, CuII, and CuIII oxidation states allowing it to… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
The hydrodeoxygenation of bioderived furans into alkanes.
The conversion of biomass into fuels and chemical feedstocks is one part of a drive to reduce the world's dependence on crude oil… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Simple chemical transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into furans for fuels and chemicals.
Lignocellulosic biomass is a plentiful and renewable resource for fuels and chemicals. Despite this potential, nearly all… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
E-waste: an assessment of global production and environmental impacts.
  • B. Robinson
  • Science of the Total Environment
  • 2009
  • Corpus ID: 4378676
Review
2007
Review
2007
Export of toxic chemicals - a review of the case of uncontrolled electronic-waste recycling.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Syntheses of polysubstituted furans: recent developments.
  • S. Kirsch
  • Organic and biomolecular chemistry
  • 2006
  • Corpus ID: 27207194
Despite attracting tremendous interest for well over a century, the field of furan syntheses is continuously and rapidly… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Review of modern diagnostic techniques for assessing insulation condition in aged transformers
Cellulosic paper and oil insulation in a transformer degrade at higher operating temperatures. Degradation is accelerated in the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Trichodesmium, a Globally Significant Marine Cyanobacterium
Planktonic marine cyanobacteria of the genus Trichodesmium occur throughout the oligotrophic tropical and subtropical oceans… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Furans in foods.
  • J. Maga
  • CRC critical reviews in food science and…
  • 1979
  • Corpus ID: 28571947
Furan represent a class of compounds that have been reported in a wide variety of foods. Normally, they result from thermal… 
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