3-Methylfuran

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| PIN = 3-Methylfuran

| OtherNames = 3MF

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| CASNo = 930-27-8

| PubChem = 13587

| UNII = 5R72A0440N

| SMILES = CC1=COC=C1

| ChemSpiderID = 12998

| InChI = 1/C5H6O/c1-5-2-3-6-4-5/h2-4H,1H3

| InChIKey = KJRRQXYWFQKJIP-UHFFFAOYAM

| StdInChI=1S/C5H6O/c1-5-2-3-6-4-5/h2-4H,1H3

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| C=5|H=6|O=1

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3-Methylfuran is an organic compound with the formula C₅H₆O. It is formed from the gas-phase reaction of hydroxyl radical with isoprene.{{citation | last = Atkinson | first = Roger | author2 = Sara M. Aschmann |title = Formation of 3-Methylfuran from the gas-phase reaction of OH radicals with isoprene and the rate constant for its reaction with the OH radical | journal = International Journal of Chemical Kinetics | year = 1989 | volume = 21 | issue = 7 | pages = 593–604 | doi = 10.1002/kin.550210709 }}

In mice, it is toxic by inhalation.{{citation | last = Haschek | first = Wanda M. | author2 = Michael R. Boyd |title = Acute inhalation toxicity of 3-methylfuran in the mouse: Pathology, cell kinetics, and respiratory rate effects | journal = Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology | year = 1984 | volume = 72 | issue = 1 | pages = 124–133| doi = 10.1016/0041-008X(84)90256-4 | pmid = 6710479 }}