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🧬 A chemical group 🧪 Containing furan group
furyl

furyl

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A small chemical part made from a five-atom ring called furan
  • noun
  • Specialized
: grupo furilo
  • The compound contains a furyl group.

Examples

  • The scientist identified a furyl group in the newly synthesized molecule.

  • Researchers studied how the furyl substituent affected the drug's effectiveness.

  • Adding a furyl ring can change the chemical properties of the compound.

  • Researchers synthesized several furyls for the study.

  • The scientist identified a furyl group in the newly synthesized molecule.

  • Adding a furyl ring can change the chemical properties of the compound.

  • Researchers studied how the furyl substituent affected the drug's effectiveness.

Surface Forms

furyl singular
furyls plural

Morphology

furyl = furan (semi-transparent) = furan + yl

Formally furan + the chemical radical suffix '-yl' is clear, but the base 'furan' is specialized technical vocabulary so general learners may not infer the meaning.

Etymology

Furyl is the name for a chemical 'group' that comes from furan, and the ending -yl shows it is a part of a molecule, just like in methyl or ethyl. That is why chemists call the ring-shaped piece taken from furan a furyl group.