β-bisabolene
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Surname | β-bisabolene | ||||||||||||||||||
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Molecular formula | C 15 H 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Brief description |
colorless liquid |
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Molar mass | 204.35 g mol −1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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0.87 g cm −3 |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
β-bisabolene is a bisabolene and is a monocyclic sesquiterpene .
Occurrence
In the essential oil of cubeb pepper , lemon and oregano there is β-bisabolen. It has a balsamic odor and is approved as a food additive in Europe.
Hernandulcin , a natural sweetener from the Aztec sweet herb Lippia dulcis , which is about a thousand times sweeter than sucrose, is derived from bisabolene .
Extraction
β-Bisabolen can of course be obtained from bergamot oil from Citrus bergamia. It can be obtained synthetically from farnesol (or nerolidol ) by the action of formate with elimination of water .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Bisabolene. In: Römpp Online . Georg Thieme Verlag, accessed on December 28, 2014.
- ↑ a b c Soucek, M. et al. Coll. Czech. Chem. Comm. 26: 2551-2556 (1961).
- ↑ harmonized classification for this substance . A labeling of (S) -1-methyl-4- (6-methylhepta-1,5-dien-2-yl) cyclohex-1-ene in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of the European Chemicals Agency is reproduced from a self-classification by the distributor ( ECHA), accessed December 28, 2019. There is not yet a