(+)-8-PHENYLMENTHOL
(+)-8-PHENYLMENTHOL Basic information
- Product Name:
- (+)-8-PHENYLMENTHOL
- Synonyms:
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- (+)-8-PHENYLMENTHOL
- 5-Methyl-2-(2-phenylpropan-2-yl)cyclohexanol
- Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-, (1S,2R,5S)-
- (+)-8-Phenylmenthol
- CAS:
- 57707-91-2
- MF:
- C16H24O
- MW:
- 232.36
- Mol File:
- 57707-91-2.mol
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(+)-8-PHENYLMENTHOL Chemical Properties
- Density
- 0.999 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)
- refractive index
- n20/D 1.531
- storage temp.
- 2-8°C
- optical activity
- [α]20/D +26±1°, c = 2% in ethanol
- BRN
- 5265529
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MSDS
- Language:English Provider:SigmaAldrich
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(+)-8-PHENYLMENTHOL Usage And Synthesis
Purification Methods
Dissolve the menthol in toluene, dry (Na2SO4), evaporate and chromatograph it on a silica gel column and eluting with 5% Et2O in pet ether to give an oil with the desired rotation. IR has max 3420cm-1 (OH) with consistent 1H NMR [Corey & Ensley J Org Chem 43 1610 1978, Whitesell et al. Tetrahedron 42 2993 1986, Bednarski & Danishefsky J Am Chem Soc 108 7060 1986].