| Furfuryl alcohol[1] | |
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2-furanmethanol |
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Other names
2-furancarbinol |
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| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 98-00-0 |
| PubChem | 7361 |
| ChemSpider | 7083 |
| UNII | D582054MUH |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:207496 |
| ChEMBL | CHEMBL308187 |
| Jmol-3D images | Image 1 |
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| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C5H6O2 |
| Molar mass | 98.10 g/mol |
| Density | 1.128 g/cm3 |
| Melting point |
-29 °C, 244 K, -20 °F |
| Boiling point |
170 °C, 443 K, 338 °F |
| Solubility in water | miscible |
| Hazards | |
| MSDS | External MSDS |
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Furfuryl alcohol, also called 2-furylmethanol or 2-furancarbinol, is an organic compound containing a furan substituted with a hydroxymethyl group. It is a clear colorless liquid when pure, but becomes amber colored upon prolonged standing. It possesses 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, heat and/or catalysts, furfuryl alcohol can be made to polymerize into a resin, poly(furfuryl alcohol).
Furfuryl alcohol is manufactured industrially by the catalytic reduction of furfural which is obtained from corncob 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.[2] The use of hypergolics avoids the need for an igniter.
Furfuryl alcohol is probably a BK channel agonist.
Because of its low molecular weight, furfuryl alcohol can impregnate the cells of wood, where it can be polymerized and bonded with the wood by heat, radiation, and/or catalysts or additional reactants. The treated wood has improved moisture-dimensional stability, hardness, and decay and insect resistance; catalysts can include zinc chloride, citric or formic acid, or borates.[3][4]
Kebonization is a commercially marketed wood-impregnation process using furfuryl alcohol. [5]