Menthol

C10H20OCAS 1490-04-6156.27 g/mol

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OH
Alcohol

Properties

Molecular formula
C10H20O
Molar mass
156.27 g/mol
Exact mass
156.1514 Da
Density
0.9084 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
−9 °C
Boiling point
87 °C (at 8 Torr)
Flash point
91.1 °C
Water solubility
420 mg/L (25 °C)
logP
2.44Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
20.2 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 1,989 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364

Identifiers

CAS number
1490-04-6
SMILES
CC1CCC(C(C)C)C(O)C1
InChIKey
NOOLISFMXDJSKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C10H20O/c1-7(2)9-5-4-8(3)6-10(9)11/h7-11H,4-6H2,1-3H3

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Names and synonyms

10 names
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-
  • 5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol
  • p-Menthan-3-ol
  • 2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol
  • 3-Hydroxy-p-menthane
  • 1-Methyl-4-isopropyl-3-cyclohexanol
  • Menthyl alcohol
  • 2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexan-1-ol
  • 5-Methyl-2-isopropylcyclohexanol
  • 2-(2-Propyl)-5-methyl-1-cyclohexanol

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Menthol2216-51-5Defined stereoisomer (±)-Menthol89-78-1Defined stereoisomer (±)-Menthol15356-70-4Defined stereoisomer (+)-Isomenthol23283-97-8Defined stereoisomer (+)-Menthol15356-60-2Defined stereoisomer (+)-Neomenthol2216-52-6Defined stereoisomer

Similar compounds

3-[[5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexyl]oxy]-1,2-propanediol87061-04-946 % similar p-Menthane-3,8-diol42822-86-645 % similar (1R,2S,5R)-5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexyl 2,2-dihydroxyacetate111969-64-345 % similar (-)-Isopulegol89-79-244 % similar Menthyl lactate17162-29-744 % similar l-Menthyl D-lactate59259-38-044 % similar L-Menthyl L-lactate61597-98-644 % similar (-)-Menthyl chloroformate14602-86-943 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

2-Ethylhexyl vinyl ether103-44-6 Citronellol106-22-9 (+)-Citronellol1117-61-9 Decanal112-31-2 9-Decen-1-ol13019-22-2 2-tert-Butylcyclohexanol13491-79-7

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