Benzene, 1,4-dimethoxy-2-methyl-5-isopropyl-

Formula: C₁₂H₁₈O₂
Molecular weight: 194.2701
IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C12H18O2/c1-8(2)10-7-11(13-4)9(3)6-12(10)14-5/h6-8H,1-5H3
IUPAC Standard InChIKey: VTRMVHBUTNPBTP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS Registry Number: 14753-08-3
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Other names: Thymohydroquinone dimethyl ether; p-2,5-Dimethoxycymene; 2,5-Dimethoxy-p-cymene; 2,5-Dimethoxycymene; p-Cymene, 2,5-dimethoxy; Thymohydroquinone methyl ether; 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-isopropyltoluene
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Gas Chromatography

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	SE-54	1423.	Adams, 2000	30. m/0.26 mm/0.25 μm, 3. K/min; T_start: 60. C; T_end: 246. C

Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	DB-5	1415.	Flamini, Cioni, et al., 2007	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 3. K/min; T_start: 60. C; T_end: 240. C
Capillary	RTX-1	1399.	Paolini, Muselli, et al., 2007	60. m/0.22 mm/0.25 μm, He, 2. K/min, 230. C @ 35. min; T_start: 60. C
Capillary	HP-5	1417.	Flamini, Tebano, et al., 2006	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, N2, 60. C @ 10. min, 5. K/min; T_end: 220. C
Capillary	DB-1	1422.	Kuiate, Bessière, et al., 2006	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, N2, 4. K/min; T_start: 50. C; T_end: 220. C
Capillary	HP-5	1424.	Ertugrul, Dural, et al., 2003	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, N2, 60. C @ 10. min, 5. K/min; T_end: 220. C

Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	HP-5MS	1418.2	Andriamaharavo, 2014	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He; Program: 60C (1 min) => 5 C/min => 210C => 10 C/min => 280C (15 min)

Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, polar column, temperature ramp

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	RTX-Wax	1852.	Paolini, Muselli, et al., 2007	60. m/0.22 mm/0.25 μm, He, 2. K/min, 230. C @ 35. min; T_start: 60. C
Capillary	CP-Wax 52CB	1873.	Kjeldsen, Christensen, et al., 2003	50. m/0.25 mm/0.2 μm, He, 32. C @ 1. min, 1. K/min; T_end: 220. C

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	SPB-5	1430.	Gauvin-Bialecki and Marodon, 2009	60. m/0.35 mm/0.25 μm, Nitrogen, 4. K/min, 230. C @ 40. min; T_start: 60. C
Capillary	HP-5MS	1421.5	Zizovic, Stamenic, et al., 2007	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 4. K/min; T_start: 40. C; T_end: 260. C
Capillary	DB-5	1424.	Bazargani, Almasirad, et al., 2006	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 50. C @ 1. min, 2.5 K/min, 265. C @ 20. min
Capillary	DB-5	1421.	Havlik, Kokoska, et al., 2006	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 3. K/min, 250. C @ 10. min; T_start: 50. C
Capillary	DB-1	1407.	Cégiéla-Carlioz, Bessière, et al., 2005	25. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 50. C @ 3. min, 3. K/min; T_end: 250. C
Capillary	DB-5	1420.	Lopez Arze, Collin, et al., 2004	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, 40. C @ 2. min, 2. K/min, 210. C @ 33. min
Capillary	DB-5	1425.	Flamini, Ertugrul, et al., 2002	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 3. K/min; T_start: 60. C; T_end: 240. C

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, custom temperature program

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	DB-5	1415.	Courtois, Paine, et al., 2009	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, Helium; Program: 50 0C m6 0C/min -> 140 0C 5 0C/min -> 160 0C (1 min) 10 0C/min -> 200 0C
Capillary	CP Sil 8 CB	1423.	Butkienë, Nivinskienë, et al., 2005	50. m/0.32 mm/0.25 μm, He; Program: 50C(5min) => 2C/min => 90C => 15C/min => 240C(4min)

Normal alkane RI, polar column, temperature ramp

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	Supelcowax	1885.	Gauvin-Bialecki and Marodon, 2009	60. m/0.35 mm/0.25 μm, Nitrogen, 4. K/min, 230. C @ 40. min; T_start: 60. C
Capillary	DB-Wax	1918.	Havlik, Kokoska, et al., 2006	30. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He, 3. K/min, 250. C @ 10. min; T_start: 50. C
Capillary	TC-Wax	1866.	Miyazawa, Teranishi, et al., 2003	He, 3. K/min; Column length: 60. m; Column diameter: 0.25 mm; T_start: 80. C; T_end: 240. C

Normal alkane RI, polar column, custom temperature program

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Column type	Active phase	I	Reference	Comment
Capillary	HP Innowax FSP	1878.	Tabanca N., Demirci B., et al., 2007	60. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, N2; Program: 60C(10min) => 4C/min => 220C(10min) => 1C/min => 240C
Capillary	HP-Innowax FSC	1878.	Erdurak, Coskun, et al., 2006	60. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He; Program: 60C(10min) => 4C/min => 220C (10min) => 1C/min => 240C
Capillary	Innowax FSC	1878.	Baser, Özek, et al., 2004	60. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He; Program: 60C(10min) => 4C/min => 220C(10min) => 1C/min => 240C
Capillary	Innowax FSC	1878.	Baser, Demirei, et al., 2002	60. m/0.25 mm/0.25 μm, He; Program: 60C(10min) => 4C/min => 220C(10min) => 1C/min => 240C

References

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Adams, 2000
Adams, R.P., Systematics of the one seeded Juniperus of the eastern hemisphere based on leaf essential oils and random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs), Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 2000, 28, 6, 529-543, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(99)00096-4 . [all data]

Flamini, Cioni, et al., 2007
Flamini, G.; Cioni, P.L.; Morelli, I.; Bader, A., Essential oils of the aerial parts of three Salvia species from Jordan: Salvia lanigera, S. spinosa and S. syriaca, Food Chem., 2007, 100, 2, 732-735, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.10.032 . [all data]

Paolini, Muselli, et al., 2007
Paolini, J.; Muselli, A.; Bernardini, A.-F.; Bighelli, A.; Casanova, J.; Costa, J., Thymol derivatives from essential oil of Doronicum corsicum L., Flavour Fragr. J., 2007, 22, 6, 479-487, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1824 . [all data]

Flamini, Tebano, et al., 2006
Flamini, G.; Tebano, M.; Cioni, P.L.; Bagci, Y.; Dural, H.; Ertugrul, K.; Uysal, T.; Savran, A., A multivariate statistical approach to Centaurea classification using essential oil composition data of some species from Turkey, Pl. Syst. Evol., 2006, 261, 1-4, 217-228, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-006-0448-3 . [all data]

Kuiate, Bessière, et al., 2006
Kuiate, J.R.; Bessière, J.M.; Vilarem, G.; Amvam Zollo, P.H., Chemical composition and antidermatophytic properties of the essential oils from leaves, flowers and fruits of Cupressus lusitanica Mill. from Cameroon, Flavour Fragr. J., 2006, 21, 4, 693-697, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1686 . [all data]

Ertugrul, Dural, et al., 2003
Ertugrul, K.; Dural, H.; Tugay, O.; Flamini, G.; Cioni, P.L.; Morelli, I., Essential oils from flowers of Centaurea kotschyi var. kotschyi and C. kotschyi var. decumbens from Turkey, Flavour Fragr. J., 2003, 18, 2, 95-97, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1168 . [all data]

Andriamaharavo, 2014
Andriamaharavo, N.R., Retention Data. NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center., NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, 2014. [all data]

Kjeldsen, Christensen, et al., 2003
Kjeldsen, F.; Christensen, L.P.; Edelenbos, M., Changes in volatile compounds of carrots (Daucus carota L.) during refrigerated and frozen storage, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2003, 51, 18, 5400-5407, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf030212q . [all data]

Gauvin-Bialecki and Marodon, 2009
Gauvin-Bialecki, A.; Marodon, C., Essential oil of Ayapana triplinervis from Reunion island: a good natural source of thymohydroquinone dimethyl ether, Biochem. Systematics Ecol., 2009, 36, 11, 853-858, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2008.09.006 . [all data]

Zizovic, Stamenic, et al., 2007
Zizovic, I.; Stamenic, M.; Ivanovic, J.; Orlovic, A.; Ristic, M.; Djordjevic, S.; Petrovic, S.D.; Skala, D., Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of sesquiterpenes from valerian root, J. Supercrit. Fluids, 2007, 43, 2, 249-258, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.supflu.2007.05.007 . [all data]

Bazargani, Almasirad, et al., 2006
Bazargani, Y.T.; Almasirad, A.; Amin, G.; Shafiee, A., Chemical composition of the essential oils of Astrodaucus persicus (Boiss.) Drude root, stem/leaves and flowers/fruits, Flavour Fragr. J., 2006, 21, 2, 294-296, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1589 . [all data]

Havlik, Kokoska, et al., 2006
Havlik, J.; Kokoska, L.; Vasickova, S.; Valterova, I., Chemical composition of essential oil from the seeds of Nigella arvensis L. and assessment of its actimicrobial activity, Flavour Fragr. J., 2006, 21, 4, 713-717, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1713 . [all data]

Cégiéla-Carlioz, Bessière, et al., 2005
Cégiéla-Carlioz, P.; Bessière, J.-M.; David, B.; Mariotte, A.-M.; Gibbons, S.; Dijoux-Franca, M.-G., Modulation of multi-drug resistance (MDR) in Staphylococcus aureus by Osha (Ligusticum porteri L., Apiaceae) essential oil compounds, Flavour Fragr. J., 2005, 20, 6, 671-675, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1584 . [all data]

Lopez Arze, Collin, et al., 2004
Lopez Arze, J.B.; Collin, G.; Garneau, F.-X.; Jean, F.-I.; Gagnon, H., Essential oils from Bolivia. II. Asteraceae: Ophryosporus heptanthus (Wedd.) H. Rob. et King, J. Essent. Oil Res., 2004, 16, 4, 374-376, https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2004.9698747 . [all data]

Flamini, Ertugrul, et al., 2002
Flamini, G.; Ertugrul, K.; Cioni, P.L.; Morelli, I.; Dural, H.; Bagci, Y., Volatile constituents of two endemic Centaurea species from Turkey: C. pseudoscabiosa subsp. pseudoscabiosa and C. hadimensis, Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 2002, 30, 10, 953-959, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(02)00043-1 . [all data]

Courtois, Paine, et al., 2009
Courtois, E.A.; Paine, C.E.; Blandinieres, P.-A.; Stien, D.; Bessiere, J.-M.; Houel, E.; Baraloto, C.; Chave, J., Diversity of the volatile organic compounds emitted by 55 species of tropical trees: a survey in French Guiana, J. Chem. Ecol., 2009, 35, 11, 1349-1362, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-009-9718-1 . [all data]

Butkienë, Nivinskienë, et al., 2005
Butkienë, R.; Nivinskienë, O.; Mockutë, D., α-Pinene chemotype of leaf (needle) essential oils of Juniperus communis L. growing wild in Vilnius district, Chemija, 2005, 16, 1, 53-60. [all data]

Miyazawa, Teranishi, et al., 2003
Miyazawa, M.; Teranishi, A.; Ishikawa, Y., Components of the essential oil from Petasites japonicus, Flavour Fragr. J., 2003, 18, 3, 231-233, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1203 . [all data]

Tabanca N., Demirci B., et al., 2007
Tabanca N.; Demirci B.; Crockett S.L.; Baser K.H.C.; Wedge D.E., Chemical composition and antifungal activity of Arnica longifolia, Aster hesperius, and Chrysothamnus nauseosus essential oils, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2007, 55, 21, 8430-8435, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf071379c . [all data]

Erdurak, Coskun, et al., 2006
Erdurak, C.S.; Coskun, M.; Demirci, B.; Baser, K.H.C., Composition of the essential oil of fruits and roots of Ferulago isaurica Pesmen and F. syriaca Boiss. (Umbelliferae) from Turkey, Flavour Fragr. J., 2006, 21, 1, 118-121, https://doi.org/10.1002/ffj.1540 . [all data]

Baser, Özek, et al., 2004
Baser, K.H.C.; Özek, T.; Kirimer, N.; Deliorman, D.; Ergun, F., Composition of the essential oils of Galium aparine L. and Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. from Turkey, J. Essent. Oil Res., 2004, 16, 4, 305-307, https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2004.9698728 . [all data]

Baser, Demirei, et al., 2002
Baser, K.H.C.; Demirei, B.; Özek, T.; Akalin, E.; Özhatay, N., Micro-distilled volatile compounds from Ferulago species growing in Western Turkey, Pharm. Biol., 2002, 40, 6, 466-471, https://doi.org/10.1076/phbi.40.6.466.8439 . [all data]

Notes

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