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Furan vs Bifuran - What's the difference?

furan | bifuran |

As nouns the difference between furan and bifuran

is that furan is (organic chemistry) any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, c4h4o while bifuran is (organic compound) either of three isomeric bicyclic heterocycles in which two furan rings are directly linked with a single bond.

furan

English

(wikipedia furan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O.

    • Derived terms

    * furanose ----

    bifuran

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Either of three isomeric bicyclic heterocycles in which two furan rings are directly linked with a single bond