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Furfuryl alcohol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2-(Hydroxymethyl)furan

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H6O2
CAS Number:
98-00-0
Molecular Weight:
98.10
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329753611
EC Number:
202-626-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
106291
MDL number:
MFCD00003252

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Product Name

Furfuryl alcohol, analytical standard

InChI key

XPFVYQJUAUNWIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C5H6O2/c6-4-5-2-1-3-7-5/h1-3,6H,4H2

SMILES string

OCc1ccco1

grade

analytical standard

vapor density

3.4 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)
1 mmHg ( 32 °C)
5.5 mmHg ( 55 °C)

assay

≥97.5% (GC)

autoignition temp.

915 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

expl. lim.

16.3 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤0.5% water

refractive index

n20/D 1.486 (lit.)
n20/D 1.486-1.488

bp

170 °C (lit.)

mp

−29 °C (lit.)

density

1.135 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

Quality Level

100

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Application

Furfuryl alcohol has been used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of furfuryl alcohol in:
  • Transformer or rectifier oils by solid-phase extraction (SPE), liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) equipped with variable ultraviolet (UV) detector.

It may be used as an analytical reference standard for the determination of furfuryl alcohol in:
  • Coffee samples by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) and gas chromatography (GC) coupled to flame ionization detector (FID) as well as mass spectrometry (MS).
  • Jukro tea samples by simultaneous distillation-solvent extraction (SDE) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
  • Electronic-cigarette refill solutions by GC coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) operating on electron impact (EI) mode.

Coffee samples by HPLC coupled with diode array detector (DAD).
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Disclaimer

may darken upon storage without loss in purity

General description

Furfuryl alcohol belongs to the furan class of compounds.

pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

signalword

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 2 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 2 Inhalation - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Nose, Respiratory system

Storage Class

6.1A - Combustible acute toxic Cat. 1 and 2 / very toxic hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

149.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

65 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

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BCCM0349
BCCL1091
BCCJ3698
BCCG2764
BCCF1753

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Determination of volatile organic compounds, catechins, caffeine and theanine in Jukro tea at three growth stages by chromatographic and spectrometric methods.
Jeon DB, et al.
Food Chemistry, 219(19), 443-452 (2017)
Ionic liquid capillary columns for analysis of multi-component volatiles by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: performance, selectivity, activity and retention indices.
Amaral MSS, et al.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 410(19), 4615-4632 (2018)
Evaluation of flavour profiles in e-cigarette refill solutions using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
Aszyk J, et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 1547(19), 86-98 (2018)
Parameters affecting the exposure to furfuryl alcohol from coffee.
Albouchi A, et al.
Food And Chemical Toxicology, 1547(19), 86-98 (2018)
Ultra-trace analysis of furanic compounds in transformer/rectifier oils with water extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography.
Lin M, et al.
Journal of Separation Science, 39(14), 2777-2784 (2016)
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