A bicyclic aromatic compound consisting of a benzene ring fused to a furan ring (a five-membered oxygen-containing ring), found in various natural products and used in organic synthesis.
From 'benz-' (benzene) + 'di-' (two) + 'furan' (an oxygen-containing heterocycle from Spanish/Portuguese 'furan'). This term describes naturally occurring and synthetic compounds identified in the 20th century.
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