furfural (CHEBI:34768)

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ChEBI Name	furfural

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:34768

Definition	An aldehyde that is furan with the hydrogen at position 2 substituted by a formyl group.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:42593

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Formula

C5H4O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

96.08410

Monoisotopic Mass

96.02113

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H4O2/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-4H

InChIKey

HYBBIBNJHNGZAN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O=Cc1ccco1

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Maillard reaction product Any thermal degradation product obtained as a result of a chemical reaction between an amino acid and a reducing sugar (Maillard reaction, a non-enzymatic browning procedure that usually imparts flavour to starch-based food products).

Biological Role(s):	metabolite Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	furfural (CHEBI:34768) has functional parent furan (CHEBI:35559) furfural (CHEBI:34768) has role Maillard reaction product (CHEBI:77523) furfural (CHEBI:34768) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212) furfural (CHEBI:34768) is a aldehyde (CHEBI:17478) furfural (CHEBI:34768) is a furans (CHEBI:24129)

IUPAC Name

furan-2-carbaldehyde

Last Modified

05 July 2023