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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
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Cobalt(III)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Indazoles and Furans by C–H Bond Functionalization/Addition/Cyclization Cascades
The development of operationally straightforward and cost-effective routes for the assembly of heterocycles from simple inputs is… 
Review
2013
Review
2013
Pyrolysis and dehalogenation of plastics from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): a review.
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Revealing pyrolysis chemistry for biofuels production: Conversion of cellulose to furans and small oxygenates
Biomass pyrolysis utilizes high temperatures to produce an economically renewable intermediate (pyrolysis oil) that can be… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Mechanism research on cellulose pyrolysis by Py-GC/MS and subsequent density functional theory studies.
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Soluble and insoluble solids contributions to high-solids enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Medical waste management in Korea.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Health effects of polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PBDDs) and dibenzofurans (PBDFs).
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Use of UV Absorbance To Monitor Furans in Dilute Acid Hydrolysates of Biomass
A simple method based on UV spectra was developed for the estimation of total furans (furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural) in… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
PCB problems in the future: foresight from current knowledge.
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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