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DL-Menthol

reference material

Synonym(s):

Menthol, 2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol, Hexahydrothymol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H20O
CAS Number:
89-78-1
Molecular Weight:
156.27
EC Number:
201-939-0
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
MDL number:
MFCD00001484
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3194263
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grade

reference material

Quality Segment

200

vapor pressure

0.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥98.0% (GC)

optical purity

enantiomeric ratio: ~50:50

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

bp

216 °C (lit.)

mp

34-36 °C (lit.)

density

0.89 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

CC(C)C1CCC(C)CC1O

InChI

1S/C10H20O/c1-7(2)9-5-4-8(3)6-10(9)11/h7-11H,4-6H2,1-3H3

InChI key

NOOLISFMXDJSKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Gene Information

human ... TRPA1(8989), TRPM8(79054)

General description

This reference material (RM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025. This RM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.

DL-Menthol, a cyclic terpene alcohol and a naturally occurring compound, originates from the plants of Mentha species. It has a typical minty smell, flavor and finds applications as an ingredient in fragrances, food products, and cosmetics including shower gels, shampoos, face creams, body lotions, liqueurs, candy, etc.

Application

DL-Menthol may be used as an extraction solvent for the determination of parabens in food products, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals using liquid-liquid microextraction with high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). It may also be used for the preparation of hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES) in the extraction and determination of methylparaben, propylparaben, and butylparaben from cosmetics samples using syringe-to-syringe dispersive magnetic nanofluid microextraction procedure (SS-DMNF-ME) with high-performance liquid chromatography technique (HPLC).

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pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H315,H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

204.8 °F

flash_point_c

96 °C

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