(-)-TERPINEN-4-OL Chemical Properties

Melting point:

208～210℃

Boiling point:

212 °C

Density 

0.934 g/mL at 20 °C

vapor pressure 

64-349Pa at 20-50℃

refractive index 

1.476-1.482

Flash point:

90 °C

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly)

pka

14.94±0.40(Predicted)

form 

Liquid

color 

Clear colorless to yellow

optical activity

[α]20/D -35±5°, c = 1 in chloroform

LogP

2.97 at 22.7℃

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

36/37/38-22

Safety Statements 

37/39-26

RIDADR 

NA 1993 / PGIII

WGK Germany 

3

HS Code 

29061900

MSDS

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(-)-TERPINEN-4-OL Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

clear colourless to yellow liquid

Uses

(-)-Terpinen-4-ol has been used as a standard for the determination of the composition of Lavandula stoechas essential oil by fast gas chromatography-electronic impact ionization/mass spectrometry (FGC-EI/MS).

Synthesis Reference(s)

Synthesis, p. 888, 1983 DOI: 10.1055/s-1983-30550
Tetrahedron Letters, 27, p. 1195, 1986 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)84214-8

General Description

Terpinen-4-ol, a monoterpenoid alcohol, is the key constituent of tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) oil.

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