Cubebene
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Molar mass | 204.357 g·mol−1 | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cubebenes are a pair of chemical compounds, classified as sesquiterpenes, first isolated from Piper cubeba berries, known as cubebs.
The volatile oil from the distillation of cubebs is a pale green or blue-yellow viscous liquid with a warm woody, slightly camphoraceous odor[1] consisting of cubebene which comes in two forms, α- and β-cubebene, both with the molecular formula C15H24.[2] They differ only in the position of a double bond which is endocyclic (part of the five-membered ring) in α-cubebene, but exocyclic in β-cubebene.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Lawless, Julia (1995), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils: The Complete Guide to the Use of Oils in Aromatherapy and Herbalism, Element Books, ISBN 978-1-85230-721-9
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cubebs". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 607. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Ohta, Yoshimoto; Sakai, Tsutomu; Hirose, Toshio (1966). "Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons from the oil of cubeb α-cubebene and β-cubebene". Tetrahedron Letters. 7 (51): 6365–6370. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)70179-1.