• Identifiers

    CAS number
    491-07-6

    Molecular formula
    C10H18O

    SMILES
    CC1CCC(C(=O)C1)C(C)C
    O

    Safety labels

    Irritant
    Irritant

    Retention indicies (RI)

    • DB5: 1164.33
    • Carbowax: 1491.67
  • Odor profile

    herbal 86.73%
    mint 86.28%
    camphoreous 73.41%
    green 73.01%
    fresh 71.92%
    cooling 71.74%
    sweet 63.61%
    woody 59.4%
    spicy 44.05%
    earthy 41.11%

    Scent© AI

  • Properties

    XLogP3-AA
    2.7 Well soluble in DEP, IAA, BB

    Molecular weight
    154.25 g/mol

    Vapor pressure est.

    • 0.3055 hPa @ 20°C
    • 0.4468 hPa @ 25°C

    Evaporation rate
    Moderately fast

    Boiling points

    • 210 °C

    Solubilities

    • Slightly sol in water; sol in org solvents /L-form/
    • SOL IN ALC, ETHER, ACETONE, ACETIC ACID, ALL PROP IN BENZENE; SLIGHTLY SOL IN WATER /D & DL-FORMS/
    • SOL IN ALL PROP IN ALC, ETHER, CARBON DISULFIDE /L-FORM/
    • SOL IN ACETONE /L-FORM/
    • Sol in alc, fixed oils; very slightly sol in water.
    • SOL IN MOST COMMON ORG SOLVENTS
    • In water, 688 mg/l @ 25 °C
    • soluble in alcohol and most fixed oils; very slightly soluble in water
    • 1 ml in 3 ml of 70% alcohol (in ethanol)

  • Synonyms

    • 10458-14-7
    • p-Menthan-3-one
    • 2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanone
    • MENTHONE
    • Cyclohexanone, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-
    • 5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylcyclohexan-1-one
    • 491-07-6
    • 89-80-5
    • p-Menthanone
    • 5-Methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanone
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Name CAS Botanical Proportion
Blackcurrant bud 1 68606-81-5 Ribes nigrum L., fam. Grossulariaceae 0.84%
Calamintha nepeta (Belgium) Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi (Melissa nepeta L.), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 24.4%
Calamintha nepeta (Greece) 1 Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi (Melissa nepeta L.), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 25.6%
Calamintha sylvatica (Belgium) Calamintha sylvatica Bromf., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 4.6%
Cistus leaf 8016-26-0 Cistus ladaniferus L. var. maculatus Dun, fam. Cistaceae 1.8%
Geranium (Algeria) 1 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 5.33%
Geranium (Algeria) 2 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 5.38%
Geranium, Bourbon 1 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 8.12%
Geranium, Bourbon 3 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 8.47%
Geranium, Bourbon 5 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 8.11%
Geranium, Bourbon 4 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 8.02%
Geranium, Bourbon 2 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 7.2%
Geranium (China) 1 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 4.51%
Geranium (China) 2 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 5.7%
Geranium (Egypt) 1 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 6.05%
Geranium (Egypt) 2 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 5.39%
Geranium (India) 1 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 2.87%
Geranium (India) 2 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 2.94%
Geranium (Morocco) 1 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 5.63%
Geranium (Morocco) 2 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Herit. ex Aiton, fam. Geraniaceae 5.2%
Hedeoma mandoniana Hedeoma mandoniana Wedd, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.23%
Mentha aquatica var. hypeurica (Italy) 2 Mentha aquatica (L.) var. hypeuria Briq., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.27%
Cornmint (Mentha arvensis) (Italy) 1 68917-18-0 Mentha arvensis (L.) var. piperascens Malinv., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.78%
Cornmint (Mentha arvensis) (Italy) 2 68917-18-0 Mentha arvensis (L.) var. piperascens Malinv., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.62%
Mentha denticulata (Italy) Mentha denticulata Strail (sensu Fiori), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.48%
Mentha gentilis var. lanata Mentha gentilis (L.) var. lanata (Rydb.) Fujita et Fujita, fam. Lamiaceae 3.2%
Mentha longifolia (Italy) 90063-99-3 Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.03%
Mentha longifolia (France) Chemotype 1 90063-99-3 Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 4.0%
Mentha longifolia (France) Chemotype 2 90063-99-3 Mentha longifolia (L.) Hudson, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 1.0%
Mentha longifolia ssp. petiolata (Greece) 1 90063-99-3 Mentha longifolia (L.) ssp. petiolata (Chemotype I), fam. Lamiaceae 1.85%
Mentha spicata (Greece) Chemotype I Mentha spicata L. (Chemotype I), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.2%
Mentha spicata (Greece) Chemotype IIIa Mentha spicata L. (Chemotype IIIa), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.05%
Mentha x spicata (Greece) Mentha x spicata L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.8%
Mentha x villoso-nervata (Greece) 1 Mentha x villoso-nervata Opiz (M.longifolia L. x M.spicata L.) (Chemot.I) 0.05%
Mentha rotundifolia (Greece) 2 Mentha rotundifolia (L.) Hudson (Chemotype II), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 2.09%
Minthostachys glabrescens Minthostachys glabrescens Epling, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 6.4%
Minthostachys andina Minthostachys andina (Brett) Epling, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.3%
Olibanum, Indian (India) 8016-36-2 Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr., fam. Burseraceae 0.01%
Cornmint (Mentha arvensis) 68917-18-0 Mentha arvensis (L.) var. piperascens Malinv., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.36%
Pennyroyal 1 8013-99-8 Mentha pulegium L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 5.0%
Pennyroyal (Austria) 8013-99-8 Mentha pulegium L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 7.0%
Pennyroyal 3 8013-99-8 Mentha pulegium L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 12.5%
Pennyroyal (Uruguay) 8013-99-8 Mentha pulegium L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 38.0%
Peppermint (USA) 3 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.5%
Peppermint (Italy) 1 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. rubescens Camus (Spicatae section). fam. Lamiaceae 4.73%
Peppermint (Italy) 2 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. rubescens Camus (Spicatae section), fam. Lamiaceae 3.12%
Peppermint (Italy) 3 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. rubescens Camus (Spicatae section), fam. Lamiaceae 4.2%
Peppermint (Italy) 4 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. nothomorph pallescens Camus, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.75%
Peppermint 1 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. cultivar Mitcham, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.6%
Mentha arvensis, Glabrata Ray variety Mentha arvensis (L.) var. glabrata Ray, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.9%
Annual wormwood (India) 2 84775-74-6 Artemisia annua L., fam. Asteraceae (Compositae) 0.1%
Thyme (Italy) 10 8007-46-3 Thymus vulgaris L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 3.0%
Sage, ssp. altissima (Cuba) Salvia officinalis L. ssp. altissima, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.1%
Peppermint (Bulgaria) 4a hydrodistilled 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. cultivar 'Kliment-63', fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 7.0%
Peppermint (Bulgaria) 5a hydrodistilled 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. cultivar 'Zefir', fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 9.0%
Peppermint (Bulgaria) 5b extracted 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. cultivar 'Zefir', fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 6.5%
Calamintha nepeta (France) Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi ssp. nepeta, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 1.7%
Thymus migricus (Turkey) Thymus migricus Klokov et Des.-Shost., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 1.5%
Teucrium polium (Serbia/Montenegro) Teucrium polium L., fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 0.05%
Agastache scrophulariaefolia leaf Agastache scrophulariaefolia (Willd.) Kurtze, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 49.7%
Polylepis besseri (Bolivia) Polylepis besseri Hieron. ssp. besseri, fam. Rosaceae 0.6%
Hedyosmum mexicanum (Costa Rica) 1a leaf Hedyosmum mexicanum Cordemoy, fam. Chloranthaceae 0.1%
Citronella java (India) 3 Orissa 8000-29-1 Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt, fam. Poaceae (Gramineae) 0.04%
Geranium (India) 13 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L., fam. Geraniaceae 6.92%
Geranium (India) 15 8000-46-2 Pelargonium graveolens L'Heritt., fam. Geraniaceae 7.69%
Peppermint (USA, Montana) 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita 2.96%