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furoid

furoid adjective: having a heterocyclic form with a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom.

Adjective

furoid (not comparable)

  1. Having a heterocyclic form with a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom.
    • […] its striking optical properties […] indicate that it is not of the furoid type […]1926, Chemical Abstracts, volume 20, page 170
    • By warming with pyridine, H. H. Schlubach1 was able to force the equilibrium between the pyroid and furoid modification of galactose so far toward the furoid form, that the β-pentacetylgalactofuranose was prepared in practical quantities.1943, Ole Gisvold, Charles Herbert Rogers, The Chemistry of Plant Constituents, page 79

Questions about furoid

What does furoid mean?
Furoid means having a heterocyclic form with a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom.
What part of speech is furoid?
Furoid is an adjective.

Words near furoid in the dictionary

  1. furodysinins
  2. furofenac
  3. furofuran
  4. furoic
  5. furoic acid
  6. furoid
  7. furoin
  8. furol
  9. furole
  10. furonaphthoquinone
  11. furonaphthoquinones

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