benzofuran

English

Etymology

benzo- +‎ furan

Noun

benzofuran (plural benzofurans)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.

Synonyms

• cumaron
• coumarone

Hyponyms

• amiodarone
• benzbromarone
• benziodarone
• cloridarol
• isobenzofuran
• oxetorone

Derived terms

• arylbenzofuran
• benzofuranyl
• dibenzofuran
• isobenzofuran
• substituted benzofuran

 

Translations

class of bicyclic heterocycles

• Bashkir: бензофуран (benzofuran)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苯並呋喃／苯并呋喃 (běnbìngfūnán), 氧茚 (yǎngyìn)

• Kazakh: бензофуран (benzofuran)
• Kyrgyz: бензофуран (benzofuran)
• Polish: benzofuran (pl) m, kumaron (pl) m
• Spanish: benzofurano m

See also

• psoralen

Polish

Etymology

From benzen +‎ -o- +‎ furan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛn.zɔˈfu.ran/

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• Rhymes: -uran
• Syllabification: ben‧zo‧fu‧ran

Noun

benzofuran m inan

1. (organic chemistry) benzofuran

   Synonym: kumaron

Declension

Declension of benzofuran

	singular
nominative	benzofuran
genitive	benzofuranu
dative	benzofuranowi
accusative	benzofuran
instrumental	benzofuranem
locative	benzofuranie
vocative	benzofuranie

Further reading

• benzofuran in Polish dictionaries at PWN