Chemical Properties
3(2-Furyl)acrolein has a cooked spicy-herb odor and taste.
Chemical Properties
Colorless to light yellow liqui
Occurrence
Reported found in ground and roasted coffee and rum
Uses
flavors and fragrances
Definition
ChEBI: 3-(2-Furanyl)-2-propenal is a heteroarene.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 58, p. 2517, 1993
DOI: 10.1021/jo00061a027
General Description
Light brown powder. Cinnamon odor.
Air & Water Reactions
Insoluble in water.
Reactivity Profile
2-Furanacrolein is an aldehyde. May become involved in exothermic self-condensation or polymerization reactions that are often catalyzed by acid. May generate flammable and/or toxic gases with azo, diazo compounds, dithiocarbamates, nitrides, and strong reducing agents. Can react with air to give first peroxo acids, and ultimately carboxylic acids. These autoxidation reactions are activated by light, catalyzed by salts of transition metals, and are autocatalytic (catalyzed by the products of the reaction). The addition of stabilizers (antioxidants) to shipments of aldehydes retards autoxidation.
Fire Hazard
Flash point data are not available for 2-Furanacrolein, but 2-Furanacrolein is probably combustible.
