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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(chemistry) 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 […]
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.
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Furoid means (chemistry) Having a heterocyclic form with a ring of four carbon atoms, two double bonds and an oxygen atom..
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[…] its striking optical properties […] indicate that it is not of the furoid type […]
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