noun
- plural of furan; a class of organic compounds containing a five-membered aromatic ring with four carbon atoms and one oxygen atom
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Furans are important intermediates in organic synthesis.
- The laboratory analyzed various furans in the sample.
- Some furans occur naturally in coffee and other foods.
- Industrial processes can produce toxic furans as byproducts.
- Researchers studied the properties of substituted furans.
- Environmental monitoring detected furans in the soil.