N'afọ 1840, onye Scotland bụ ọkà mmụta ọgwụ John Stenhouse chọpụtara na a pụrụ imepụta otu ihe ahụ site n'ịgbanye ọtụtụ ihe ọkụkụ, gụnyere ọka, oats, bran, na sawdust, na mmiri sulfuric acid; ọ chọpụtakwara usoro nke (C5H4O2). George Fownes kpọrọ mmanụ a furfurol na 1845 (site na furfur - bran, na oleum). Aha a nọgidere na-apụta ìhè n'akwụkwọ ruo mgbe 1901 mgbe German chemist Carl Harries wepụtara usoro furfural.Furfural nọgidere na-amaghị ama ruo mgbe 1922, mgbe ụlọ ọrụ Oats Quat Company malitere ịmepụta ya site na oat hulls. Taa, a ka na-emepụta otu kemịkal ahụ site na distillation nke ọtụtụ ihe ọkụkụ, gụnyere ọka, oats, bran, na sawdust, na acid sulfuric; ọ chọpụtakwara usoro nyocha nke (C5H4O2).
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