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Menthol

C10H20OCAS 2216-51-5156.27 g/mol

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HO
Alcohol

Properties

Molecular formula
C10H20O
Molar mass
156.27 g/mol
Exact mass
156.1514 Da
Density
0.89 g/mL
Melting point
41–43 °C
Boiling point
212 °C
Flash point
91.1 °C
Water solubility
456 mg/L
logP
2.44Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
20.2 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
1
Stereocentres
S, R, Rin SMILES atom order

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 2,060 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
2216-51-5
SMILES
CC(C)[C@@H]1CC[C@@H](C)C[C@H]1O
InChIKey
NOOLISFMXDJSKH-KXUCPTDWSA-N
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-/m1/s1

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Names and synonyms

24 names · show all
  • L-Menthol
  • (1R,2S,5R)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol
  • (1R,2S,5R)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexan-1-ol
  • L-Mentholum
  • (-)-(1R,3R,4S)-Menthol
  • Minclea
  • (1R,2S,5R)-5-Methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexanol
  • A 10474
  • Hakkano
  • (-)-trans-p-Menthan-cis-3-ol
  • FEMA 2665
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, (1R,2S,5R)-
  • Menthol, (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-
  • Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, [1R-(1α,2β,5α)]-
  • (1R,2S,5R)-5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol
  • (-)-Menthol
  • (R)-(-)-Menthol
  • (-)-Menthyl alcohol
  • (1R)-(-)-Menthol
  • (1R,2S,5R)-(-)-Menthol
  • Levomenthol
  • l-(-)-Menthol
  • 1R-Menthol
  • NSC 62788

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Similar compounds

(±)-Menthol15356-70-4100 % similar (+)-Neomenthol2216-52-6100 % similar (+)-Isomenthol23283-97-8100 % similar (±)-Menthol89-78-1100 % similar 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

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 Menthol1490-04-6 (+)-Menthol15356-60-2

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