PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | 120-122 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point: | 229.64°C |
| Density | 1.3220 |
| refractive index | 1.4710 (estimate) |
| storage temp. | Sealed in dry,Room Temperature |
| solubility | DMSO (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| form | Solid |
| pka | 3.9(at 25℃) |
| color | Off-White to Beige |
| Water Solubility | insoluble |
| BRN | 108638 |
| InChIKey | IHCCAYCGZOLTEU-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| LogP | 1.030 |
Description and Uses
3-Furoic acid, also known as 3-carboxyfuran or 3-furoate, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as furoic acids. These are organic compounds containing a furoic acid moiety, with a structure characterized by a furan ring bearing a carboxylic acid group at the C2 or C3 carbon atom.
3-Furoic acid is an organic acid regularly occurring in urine of healthy individuals. It is used in synthesis of furan-2,5- and furan-2,4-dicarboxylic acid under solvent-free conditions via disproportionation reaction. It exhibits hypolipidemic activity in rodents. It lowers serum cholesterol and serum triglyceride levels in mice and rats.
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.
Safety
| Symbol(GHS) |  GHS07 |
| Signal word | Warning |
| Hazard statements | H315-H319 |
| Precautionary statements | P302+P352-P305+P351+P338 |
| Hazard Codes | Xi,C |
| Risk Statements | 36/37/38-34 |
| Safety Statements | 26-36/37-45-36/37/39-36 |
| WGK Germany | 3 |
| HazardClass | IRRITANT |
| HS Code | 29321900 |
