Furoid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Furoid is an adjective meaning (chemistry) Having a heterocyclic form with a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom.
Meaning
(chemistry) Having a heterocyclic form with a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom.
Example Sentences
[…] its striking optical properties […] indicate that it is not of the furoid type […]
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heterocyclic, furanoid, aromatic, fused, polycyclic, tetracyclic.
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