HMF

5-hydroxymethylfurfuran

Noun

  1. 5-hydroxymethylfurfuran
    • To obtain pure HMF, chemists have had to redissolve it in a solvent that is hard to boil away, making the process costly and inefficient. - 2006, J. R. Minkel, “Pre-Plastic Fantastic”, in Scientific American, 259(3):36: