4,4-DIMETHYL-2-CYCLOPENTEN-1-ONE

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 115, p. 10056, 1993 DOI: 10.1021/ja00075a022
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 8, p. 208, 1993

General Description

4,4-Dimethyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one is an α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound and was reported to exhibit the higher tumor-specific cytotoxicity against oral human normal and tumor cells. 4,4-Dimethyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one was identified as one of the constituents in the essential oil of Tagetes minuta L by GC-MS.