A chemical compound or radical similar to furfuryl but with different structural properties; used in organic synthesis.
Possibly a variant or shortening of 'furfuryl' with an altered suffix, from early 20th-century chemistry nomenclature. The exact etymology is uncertain due to limited historical documentation.
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