ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

<25 °C

Boiling point:

166-168 °C(lit.)

Density 

0.889 g/mL at 20 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.503(lit.)

Flash point:

90°C

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly)

color 

Colourless

Odor

at 100.00 %. woody

Odor Type

woody

Merck 

14,4753

BRN 

3240075

Stability:

Light Sensitive

LogP

6.592 (est)

CAS DataBase Reference

6753-98-6(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

1,4,8-Cycloundecatriene, 2,6,6,9-tetramethyl-, (1E,4E,8E)- (6753-98-6)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

RIDADR 

NA 1993 / PGIII

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

GZ4817500

F 

10-23

HS Code 

29021990

MSDS

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ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE Usage And Synthesis

Uses

α-Humulene can be used in the formation of secondary organic aerosol by oxidation.

Uses

α-Humulene has been used as a reference standard for the determination of isomers of α-humulene in copaiba oleoresin species by high performance liquid chromatography method using the Box-Behnken design.

Definition

ChEBI: The (1E,4E,8E)-isomer of alpha-humulene.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 34, p. 3675, 1993 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)79198-2

General Description

α-Humulene is a class of sesquiterpenes found in Cordia verbenacea essential oil.

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