Talk:dihydrohydroxyfuran

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dihydrohydroxyfuran

For the very limited results I found, this appeared to be an adjective Pious Eterino (talk) 20:04, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Well it is a noun, but it can be put in front of another noun. Often with chemicals or substances they can be used in front of another noun, eg iron, can be iron filing, or iron alloy. There are sufficient references, eg

• https://doi.org/10.1039/JR9530003138
• in "Toxic terpenoids isolated from higher fungi" from Czech Mycology.
• https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Heterocyclic_Chemistry/e-LEDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dihydrohydroxyfuran&pg=PT242&printsec=frontcover page 223, second paragraph
• plural on https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/Fortschritte_der_Chemie_organischer_Natu/gXbmCAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dihydrohydroxyfurans&pg=PA180&printsec=frontcover and page 115.
• https://doi.org/10.1021/tx060128f "Metabolism of Furans in Vitro:  Ipomeanine and 4-Ipomeanol"

So it is quite verifyable. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 05:07, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Indeed; there are many chemical terms which are nouns (because they represent entities which could, in theory, stand alone) but are used almost exclusively attributively (because the nature of subatomic physics is such that, in practice, they can never stand alone). The classic example is ammonium. Also, organic chemistry has several nominal endings that look adjectival to the non-chemist, such as -al. This, that and the other (talk) 10:00, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

• Passed Denazz (talk) 20:17, 4 October 2024 (UTC)