Agropyrene

Agropyrene Chemische Eigenschaften,Einsatz,Produktion Methoden

• Chemische Eigenschaften

  Almost colorless or pale yellowish crystals, or pale yellowish liquid. Poorly soluble in alcohol, miscible with essential oils and most perfume chemicals. Very unstable under UV-light or plain daylight. Oxidizes easily, and turns darker yellow. Peculiar sweet-medicinal odor, reminiscent of Anise, Estragon, etc. with a herbaceousminty note, quite tenacious.

• Verwenden

  Could find some use in perfumes and flavors, if it were made commercially available. Agropyrene constitutes more than 9000 of the essential oil of Agropyrum repens (Couchgrass).

• Definition

  ChEBI: Capillene is a member of benzenes.

• Synthese

  Agropyrene can be produced synthetically via the ketone Capillin made from Benzaldehyde plus Pentadiyne, followed by oxidation. Also from Phenylacetaldehyde plus Methylethylketone followed by dehydration.