(+)-MENTHOFURAN Chemical Properties

Boiling point:

204-206 °C(lit.)

Density 

0.97 g/mL at 20 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.484

storage temp. 

2-8°C

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly)

form 

Liquid

color 

Colourless

Odor

at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. mint leafy herbal camphoreous

Odor Type

minty

optical activity

[α]20/D +100±2°, neat

Water Solubility 

Very slightly soluble in water

BRN 

2729

LogP

4.020 (est)

Safety Information

WGK Germany 

3

F 

10-23

MSDS

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(+)-MENTHOFURAN Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Colorless mobile liquid. Easily oxidized in air and daylight, and it will become darker of color, more viscous.Sweet, haylike-minty odor, sometimes referred to as "Lactone"-odor.

Uses

(R)-(+)-Menthofuran is a potential precursor of p-?menthane lactone in red wines. Menthofuran is a monoterpene found in mint plants that is oxidized by mammalian cytochrome P 450 (CYP)?1 to hepatotoxic metabolites.

Definition

ChEBI: A menthofuran that is 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzofuran substituted by methyl groups at positions 3 and 6 (the 6R-enantiomer).

Preparation

(+)-Menthofuran is prepared by isolation from "high-Menthofuran"- bearing Mentha piperita oils.

Solubility in organics

Soluble in alcohol and oils.

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