(-)-FENCHONE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

5-6 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

192-194 °C(lit.)

alpha 

[α]D20 -50～-60° (c=4, C2H5OH)

Density 

0.948 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

vapor pressure 

2.149hPa at 20℃

refractive index 

n20/D 1.461(lit.)

FEMA 

4519 | L-FENCHONE

Flash point:

127 °F

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Ethanol (Slightly, Sonicated)

form 

Liquid

color 

Clear colorless to light yellow

Odor

at 100.00 %. camphor herbal earthy woody

Odor Type

camphoreous

optical activity

[α]24/D 50.5°, neat

Water Solubility 

1.983g/L at 20℃

JECFA Number

2200

BRN 

2042710

Dielectric constant

12.0（20℃）

LogP

2.54 at 20℃

CAS DataBase Reference

7787-20-4(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, 1,3,3-trimethyl-, (1R,4S)- (7787-20-4)

Safety Information

Risk Statements 

10

Safety Statements 

23-24/25

RIDADR 

UN 1224 3/PG 3

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

RB7875000

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

3

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

29142900

Toxicity

The acute oral LD₅₀ value in rats was reported as 616 g/kg (Jenner, Hagan, Taylor. Cook & Fitzhugh, 1964) and the acute dermal LD₅₀ value in rabbits exceeded 5 g/kg (Leven-stein, 1975).

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(-)-FENCHONE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

CLEAR COLOURLESS TO SLIGHTLY YELLOW LIQUID

Occurrence

Reported to be found in many essential oils, including those of Thuja plicata, T.occiden-talis, T.standi shii, Russian anise, fennel, a few Artemisia varieties (A. frigida, A . verlotorum and A . santolinaefolia), Lavandula stoechas and L. burmannii. The highest levels (12-19%) are found in fennel oil (Fenarolis Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, 1975; Gildemeister & Hoffman, 1963).

Uses

(1R,?4S)?-1,?3,?3-?Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]?heptan-?2-?one also known more commonly as (-)-Fenchone is a chiral intermediate of Fenchone and is currently being used for studies ranging from inhibitory effects of monoterpenes on human TRPA1 and odorant receptor of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Uses

Flavoring.

Definition

ChEBI: A fenchone that has (1R,4S)-stereochemistry. It is a constituent of the essential oils obtained from fennel.

Preparation

By isolation from cedar leaf oil (Thuja oil) or by various synthetic methods (Arctander, 1969).

General Description

(1R)-(-)-Fenchone is a bridged bicyclic ketone found in fennel oil and thuja oil.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Pharmacology

In mice, fenchone injected sc in sesame oil produced clonic convulsions at non-lethal doses, with a median convulsive dose (CD₅₀) of 1133 mg/kg, and a dose of 500 mg/kg given sc was an effective arousal agent, reducing the hexobarbitone sleep time (Wenzel & Ross, 1957). In rats, an ip dose of 500 mg/kg had no effect on pentobarbitone-depressed respiration, while ip doses of 50-400 mg/kg increased running activity but did not affect total activity (Wenzel & Ross, 1957). Fenchone showed some antispasmodic action on excised mouse intestine (Haginiwa, Harada & Morishita, 1963), and at 260 mmol/kg showed good choleretic properties of moderately long duration when given orally in olive oil to rats (M?rsdorf, 1966). Thomas (1958) reported that it acted as a central nervous system stimulant. Fenchone has been used medically as a counter-irritant (Merck Index, 1968).

Metabolism

Rimini (1901 & 1909) showed that, in the dog, fenchone was probably oxidized to 4-hydroxyfenchone. Reinartz & Zanke (1936) showed that there were other products. They separated, as lead salts, the glucuronides from the urine of dogs receiving d-fenchone. The lead was removed with sulphuric acid and the resulting solution was hydrolysed. In the resulting mixture of hydroxyfen chones, the presence of 4- and 5-hydroxyfenchones and 7r-apofenchone-3-carboxylic acid was demon strated (Williams, 1959).

Purification Methods

Purification is as for the (+)-enantiomer above and should have the same physical properties except for opposite optical rotations. UV has max 285nm ( 12.29). [Braun & Jacob Chem Ber 66 1461 1933, UV: Ohloff et al. Chem Ber 90 106 1957.] [Beilstein 7 III 392, 7 IV 212.]

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