Chemical Properties
Clear light yellow to yellow liquid
Uses
(-)-Verbenone is used to study antioxidant activity of essential oil components in lipid model systems.
Definition
ChEBI: A 4,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-en-2-one in which both chiral centres have S configuration.
General Description
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S)-(-)-Verbenone is one of the main components of the essential oil of
Suregada zanzibariensis leaves. It can be prepared by the biotransformation of (-)-α-pinene. (1
S)-(-)-Verbenone acts as an antiaggregation pheromone towards the aggregation pheromone released by western pine beetle (WPB).
