Levomenthol

• Formula: C₁₀H₂₀O
• Molecular weight: 156.2652
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C10H20O/c1-7(2)9-5-4-8(3)6-10(9)11/h7-11H,4-6H2,1-3H3/t8-,9+,10-/m0/s1 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: NOOLISFMXDJSKH-AEJSXWLSSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2216-51-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Stereoisomers:
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,2β,5α)-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, [1R-(1α,2α,5β)]-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, [1S-(1α,2α,5β)]-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, [1S-(1α,2β,5β)]-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,2β,5β)-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,2α,5β)-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,2α,5α)-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1α,2β,5α)-
• Other names: Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, [1R-(1α,2β,5α)]-; L-(-)-Menthol; Menthol, (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-; (-)-Menthol; (R)-(-)-Menthol; U.S.P. Menthol; 1R-Menthol; (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-Menthol; (-)-Menthyl alcohol; (1R-(1-α,2-β,5-α))-5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol; L-Menthol; (1R)-(-)-Menthol; (1R,2S,5R)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol; Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1R,2S,5R)-; NSC 62788; 1-Menthol; (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-menthol
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References

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Lee, Umano, et al., 2005
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Umano, Nakahara, et al., 1999
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Egolf, L.M.; Jurs, P.C., Quantitative structure-retention and structure-odor intensity relationships for a diverse group of odor-active compounds, Anal. Chem., 1993, 65, 21, 3119-3126, https://doi.org/10.1021/ac00069a027 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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