furan

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ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q243992
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furan

Summary

furan is a type of chemical entity[1]. furan ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (649 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • furan's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • furan's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=COC=C1[4].
  • furan's chemical formula is recorded as C₄H₄O[5].
  • furan is a type of furans[6].
  • furan's Commons category is recorded as Furan[7].
  • furan comprises oxygen[8].
  • furan comprises carbon[9].
  • furan comprises hydrogen[10].
  • furan's found in taxon is recorded as Coffea arabica[11].
  • furan's found in taxon is recorded as Perilla frutescens[12].
  • furan's found in taxon is recorded as tomato[13].
  • furan's found in taxon is recorded as Fragaria[14].
  • furan's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[15].
  • furan's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • furan's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q483261', 'amount': '+68.026'}[17].
  • furan's melting point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '-85.0'}[18].
  • furan's melting point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '-85.6'}[19].
  • furan's boiling point is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '+31.5'}[20].
  • furan's electric dipole moment is recorded as {'unit': 'Q40603', 'amount': '+0.66'}[21].
  • furan's ionization energy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+8.88'}[22].
  • furan's subject has role is recorded as carcinogen[23].
  • furan's safety classification and labelling is recorded as NFPA 704: Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of Materials for Emergency Response[24].

Why It Matters

furan ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (649 views/month).[2] furan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] furan is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . New volatile components of roasted coffee. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Comparison of antioxidant activities and volatile components using GC/MS from leaves of Korean purple perilla (Perilla frutescens) grown in a greenhouse. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Differentiation of the volatile profile of microbiologically contaminated canned tomatoes by dynamic headspace extraction followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Composition of Secondary Metabolites in Various Parts of 'Seolhyang' Strawberry Plants. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jean-Claude Bradley Open Melting Point Dataset. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . California Proposition 65 list of chemicals. Retrieved . oehha.ca.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). furan. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/furan
MLA “furan.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/furan.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_furan_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{furan}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/furan}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) oxygen, carbon, hydrogen
    Melting point {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '-85.0'}, {'unit': 'Q25267', 'amount': '-85.6'}
    Subclass of furans
    Subclass of
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7657, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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