163392

3-Furoic acid

98%

• Synonym(s): Furan-3-carboxylic acid
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₅H₄O₃
• CAS Number: 488-93-7
• Molecular Weight: 112.08
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 108638
• EC Number: 207-689-9
• MDL number: MFCD00005350
• UNSPSC Code: 12352100
• PubChem Substance ID: 24849746
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• Quality Level: 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.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS07
• signalword: 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
• wgk_germany: WGK 3
• ppe: dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves