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3-Furoic acid

Name: 3-Furoic acid
Brand: ALDRICH

98%

Synonym(s):

Furan-3-carboxylic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):

C₅H₄O₃

CAS Number:

488-93-7

Molecular Weight:

112.08

UNSPSC Code:

12352100

NACRES:

NA.22

PubChem Substance ID:

24849746

EC Number:

207-689-9

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

108638

MDL number:

MFCD00005350

Assay:

98%

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Properties

Quality Segment

100

assay

98%

mp

120-122 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

SMILES string

OC(=O)c1ccoc1

InChI

1S/C5H4O3/c6-5(7)4-1-2-8-3-4/h1-3H,(H,6,7)

InChI key

IHCCAYCGZOLTEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

3-Furoic acid can be used as a reactant to synthesize:

Furan-2,5- and furan-2,4-dicarboxylic acid under solvent-free conditions via disproportionation reaction.
(±)-Hyperolactone A by reacting with 2-methylbutanal.
Furo[2,3-b]pyridin-4-one-5-carboxylate ester derivatives as potential non-nucleoside inhibitors of human herpesvirus polymerases.

Biochem/physiol Actions

3-Furoic acid exhibits hypolipidemic activity in rodents. It lowers serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels in mice and rats.

pictograms

GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H315,H319

pcodes

P264 - P280 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P332 + P313 - P337 + P313

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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