What is furfural used for?

1, furfural is an excellent organic solvent, which is used to refine high-grade lubricating oil and diesel oil.

2. Furfural derivatives have high added value. Furfural is the raw material for producing furfuryl alcohol, which is hydrogenated and reduced to furfuryl alcohol under the condition of catalyst, and furfuryl alcohol is the main raw material for producing furan resin.

3. Furfural is a very important organic chemical intermediate, which can be used to prepare pentanediol, acetylpropanol, pentadiene, ketone and methyltetrahydrofuran. 1, 6- hexamethylenediamine [H2n-(CH2) 6-NH2] prepared from furfural is the raw material for preparing nylon 66. Furan made from furfural can also be made into butyraldehyde by electrolytic reduction, which is the raw material for the production of atropine.

4. Many furfural derivatives have strong bactericidal ability.

5. Furfural can replace formaldehyde and condense with phenol under the catalysis of acid or alkali to prepare phenolic resin.