(-)-MYRTENAL Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

220-221 °C(lit.)

Density 

0.988 g/mL at 20 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.504

Flash point:

174 °F

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

form 

Liquid

color 

Clear colorless to yellow

Specific Gravity

0.99

Odor

at 100.00 %. sweet cinnamon tonka spicy terpene camphor jam

Odor Type

spicy

optical activity

[α]22/D 15°, neat

BRN 

2961587

LogP

2.520 (est)

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

23-24/25-16

WGK Germany 

2

RTECS 

DT5180000

F 

10-23

HS Code 

29122900

MSDS

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(-)-MYRTENAL Usage And Synthesis

Uses

(-)-Myrtenal is used in the synthesis of antiviral adamantanamine and monoterpene fragments.

Preparation

By Chromic acid oxidation of Myrtenol or by isolation from the higher-than-Cineole fractions in the process of rectifying Eucalyptus oil.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Taste at 30 ppm

Anticancer Research

Anticancer activity of myrtenal was tested against the diethylnitrosamine-inducedhepatocellular carcinoma in Wistar albino rats. The apoptosis protein pattern wastaken into account and resulted in upregulation of proteins anti-apoptotic (Ziechet al. 2012; Gautam et al. 2014).

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